“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.”
Marie Curie
This quote is commonly attributed to Marie Curie, but I have not been able to locate a primary source. Use with caution in academic or professional contexts.
“One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.”
— Marie Curie Secondary source“But we must not forget that when radium was discovered no one knew that it would prove useful in hospitals. The work was one of pure science. And this is a proof that scientific work must not be considered from the point of view of the direct usefulness of it. It must be done for itself, for the beauty of science, and then there is always the chance that a scientific discovery may become like the radium a benefit for humanity.”
— Marie Curie Primary source“Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained.”
— Marie Curie Secondary source“I have no dress except the one I wear. If you are going to be kind enough to give me one [a wedding dress], please let it be practical and dark, so that I can put it on afterwards to go to the laboratory.”
— Marie Curie Secondary source“When it is useful to them, men can believe a theory of which they know nothing more than its name.”
— Vilfredo Pareto Primary source“Let him think I am more man than I am and I will be so.”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary source“Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.”
— Winston Churchill Primary source“I think a life properly lived is just learn, learn, learn all the time.”
— Charlie Munger Primary source