Top 5 George Porter Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “To feed applied science by starving basic science is like economising on the foundations of a building so that it may be built higher. It is only a matter of time before the whole edifice crumbles.”

— George Porter

2. “It is not only my laboratory and my place of work but also my home, so that on the 30th October I was able to share my happiness immediately with my students and collaborators and, at the same time, with my wife and family.”

— George Porter

3. “To solve a problem is to create new problems, new knowledge immediately reveals new areas of ignorance, and the need for new experiments. At least, in the field of fast reactions, the experiments do not take very long to perform.”

— George Porter

4. “Science is, on the whole, an informal activity, a life of shirt sleeves and coffee served in beakers.”

— George Porter

5. “Tonight I should like to thank all those who have shared my work and to acknowledge the debt that I owe to my wife whose encouragement to put research before all other things has been a great strength to me.”

— George Porter

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