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My Advice To Any Young Person At The Beginning Of Their Career Is To Try To Look For The Mere Outlines Of Big Things With Their Fresh, Untrained And Unprejudiced Mind.

What Makes Me So Certain That The Natural Human Lifespan Is Far In Excess Of The Actual One Is This. Among All My Autopsies (and I Have Performed Over 1000), I Have Never Seen A Person Who Died Of Old Age. In Fact, I Do Not Think That Anyone Has Ever Died Of Old Age Yet. We Invariably Die Because One Vital Part Has Worn Out Too Early In Proportion To The Rest Of The Body.

The Element Of Chance In Basic Research Is Overrated. Chance Is A Lady Who Smiles Only Upon Those Few Who Know How To Make Her Smile.

Leaders Are Leaders Only As Long As They Have The Respect And Loyalty Of Their Followers.

I Doubt That Fleming Could Have Obtained A Grant For The Discovery Of Penicillin On That Basis [a Requirement For Highly Detailed Research Plans] Because He Could Not Have Said, 'i Propose To Have An Accident In A Culture So That It Will Be Spoiled By A Mould Falling On It, And I Propose To Recognize The Possibility Of Extracting An Antibiotic From This Mould.'