“Others think it the responsibility of scientists to coerce the rest of...” — John Polanyi Quote

“Others think it the responsibility of scientists to coerce the rest of society, because they have the power that derives from special knowledge.”

“Science never gives up searching for truth, since it never claims to have achieved it.”

“Though we explore in a culturally-conditioned way, the reality we sketch is universal.”

“The pleasure we derive from the representation of the present is due, not only to the beauty it can be clothed in, but also to its essential quality of being the present.”

“There is no harm in making people laugh by making fun of yourself. What's wrong is when people derive pleasure from making fun of others.”

“The sun derives its energy from fusion reactions in which hydrogen is transformed into helium.”