Whatever A Man Does He Must Do

Research Is To See What Everybody Else Has Seen, And To Think What Nobody Else Has Thought.

If Structure Does Not Tell Us Anything About Function, It Means That We Have Not Looked At It Correctly.

Discovery Consists Of Looking At The Same Thing As Everyone Else And Thinking Something Different.

A Discovery Must Be, By Definition, At Variance With Existing Knowledge. During My Lifetime, I Made Two. Both Were Rejected Offhand By The Popes Of The Field. Had I Predicted These Discoveries In My Applications, And Had Those Authorities Been My Judges, It Is Evident What Their Decisions Would Have Been.

All Living Organisms Are But Leaves On The Same Tree Of Life. The Various Functions Of Plants And Animals And Their Specialized Organs Are Manifestations Of The Same Living Matter. This Adapts Itself To Different Jobs And Circumstances, But Operates On The Same Basic Principles. Muscle Contraction Is Only One Of These Adaptations. In Principle It Would Not Matter Whether We Studied Nerve, Kidney Or Muscle To Understand The Basic Principles Of Life. In Practice, However, It Matters A Great Deal.