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The best research quotes

1. We should be increasing research and development into our fossil fuel program. — Tim Holden

2. Here I was into astronomy, and here into anthropology, and there I go into geology. It was much more fun to be able to research and write about whatever I wanted to. — Octavia Butler

3. I do a great deal of research–particularly in the apartments of tall blondes. — Raymond Chandler

4. …our students should be playing Beethoven with research processes, but instead we are hearing Mary Had a Little Lamb. — William Badke

5. Tax dollars go to projects that have little or nothing to do with the public good things like fruit fly research in Paris, France. I kid you not. — Sarah Palin

6. Johns Hopkins introduced me to two defining events in my life: commitment to biomedical research and meeting my future wife, Mary. — Peter Agre

7. I am the common person researching the invisible world for the benefit of the global masses. — Steven Magee

8. To discover the exact location of a ‘thing’ is a simple matter of factual research. To discover the exact location of a person: where to locate the self? — Nadine Gordimer, The Pickup

9. There’s a certain kind of research you have to listen to–the factual stuff, not opinion. Facts are facts. Sugar is sweet–it’s not a matter of opinion. It just is. — Paul Rand

10. To become an effective radiation researcher, you must develop the ability to discern fact from fiction. — Steven Magee

11. The valid research for the future is on the inner side, on the spiritual side. — Peace Pilgrim

12. It is false to suggest that medical breakthroughs come only through government research. — Roger Wicker

13. But the newest research is showing that many properties of the brain are genetically organized, and don’t depend on information coming in from the senses. — Steven Pinker

14. Here I was into astronomy, and here into anthropology, and there I go into geology. It was much more fun to be able to research and write about whatever I wanted to. — Octavia Butler

15. To discover the exact location of a ‘thing’ is a simple matter of factual research. To discover the exact location of a person: where to locate the self? — Nadine Gordimer, The Pickup

16. We must support and protect individuals and companies engaged in life saving medical research — Tony Blair

17. I teach classes 28 weeks of the year, but the rest of the time I do research and write books. — Steven Pinker

18. Research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I’m doing. — Wernher Von Braun

19. I went to Antarctica on a science research boat just to sort of clear my head. — Orlando Bloom

20. Times have changed in research and if you are not using Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Wikipedia, Google, and the like, you will be left in the dark. — Steven Magee

21. Sadly, embryonic stem cell research is completely legal in this country and has been going on at universities and research facilities for years. — Mike Pence

22. Research is not seeing what others do not see, it is seeing the same thing as other people and thinking what they do not. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

23. Tax dollars go to projects that have little or nothing to do with the public good things like fruit fly research in Paris, France. I kid you not. — Sarah Palin

24. Has anyone done research on herbs, trees and vegetation referred to in the Bible? Share your thoughts. — Sudhir Ahluwalia, Holy Herbs : Modern Connections to Ancient Plants

25. The growing professional disciplines of medical ethics and bioethics have had a profound impact on researchers, bedside doctors, associations of physicians, and government. — Sherwin B. Nuland

26. In Britain, like most of the developed world, stem–cell research is regarded as a great opportunity. America will be left behind if it doesn’t change policy. — Stephen Hawking

27. Basic research is when I’m doing what I don’t know what I’m doing. — Wernher von Braun

28. I enjoy doing things that involve research because it’s part of what I enjoy about acting. — Michael Sheen

29. Basic research is what i am doing when i don’t know what i am doing. — Wernher Von Braun

30. One of my favourite parts of writing is doing the research. It’s the door into that magical reading/writing state–the raw material for making the story real. — Sara Sheridan

31. It was clear to me from the start that I would need to combine both a medical degree with a research qualification, to keep at the cutting edge of medical science and technology. — Susan Lim

32. In all my research I have never come across matter. To me the term matter implies a bundle of energy which is given form by an intelligent spirit. — Max Planck

33. Here I was into astronomy, and here into anthropology, and there I go into geology. It was much more fun to be able to research and write about whatever I wanted to. — Octavia Butler

34. All tedious research is worth one inspired moment. — Uta Hagen

35. I wouldn’t say I’m a method actor. I do research when I feel I don’t have enough experience for the part I’m playing. — Tim Robbins

36. Now science has presented us with a hope called stem cell research, which may provide our scientists with many answers that have for so long been beyond our grasp. — Nancy Reagan

37. To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research. — Steven Wright

38. America’s doctors, nurses and medical researchers are the best in the world, but our health care system is broken. — Mike Ferguson

39. I am suggesting that we recognize that in network and interface research there is something as profound (and potential wild) as Artificial Intelligence. — Vernor Vinge

40. The problem with radiation research is that you are constantly battling the biological effects of delayed radiation complications. — Steven Magee

41. To write poems] I think it’s important to do research, and research mostly is going to come from books, so all of your reading is potentially helpful to your poetry. — Nikki Giovanni

42. I don’t speak up about something unless I feel strongly about it and until I’ve researched a subject extensively and have an informed decision about it. — Viggo Mortensen

43. The latest research has revealed that women have a higher IQ than men. — A. N. Wilson

44. Doing research on the Web is like using a library assembled piecemeal by pack rats and vandalized nightly. — Roger Ebert

45. My brother’s researched our early family history. He found a letter from a fella who said he used to be in love with my mum. — Paul Mccartney

46. I’ve always done a lot of research and stuff around the songs that I write so there are pages and pages of writing and you can kind of see these songs emerging. — Nick Cave

47. He does all research now, but he put me on some medication, Zoloft, and, I tell you what, a lot of people have had pros and cons about it, but it was my wonder drug. — Tanya Tucker

48. Women never stalk men — they just research them intensely.

49. We must support and protect individuals and companies engaged in life saving medical research — Tony Blair

50. A researcher that has a brain that functions differently from their peers is at an advantage, as they can see things that the others cannot. — Steven Magee

Conclusion

Research is the key to finding out the truth, and with it comes great responsibility. The best research comes from an open mind and a desire to learn, to ask questions, and to grow. As you continue on your research journey, remember these quotes to help guide you along the way.