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Letter "B" » Barbara McClintock Quotes
«If you know you are on the right track, if you have this inner knowledge, then nobody can turn you off. . . no matter what they say.»
Author: Barbara McClintock
(Scientist)
«It might seem unfair to reward a person for having so much pleasure over the years, asking the maize plant to solve specific problems and then watching its responses.»
«I never thought of stopping, and I just hated sleeping. I can't imagine having a better life.»
«When you know you're right, you don't care what others think. You know sooner or later it will come out in the wash.»
Author: Barbara McClintock
(Scientist)
«I know [my corn plants] intimately, and I find it a great pleasure to know them.»
«There is no question that plants have [all] kinds of sensitivities. But just because they sit there, anybody walking down the road considers them just a plastic area to look at, [as if] they're not really alive.»
Author: Barbara McClintock
(Scientist)
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