Linus Pauling's Quotes

The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.

Everyone should know that most cancer research is largely a fraud, and that the major cancer research organizations are derelict in their duties to the people who support them.

Facts are the air of scientists. Without them you can never fly.

I believe all complicated phenomena can be explained by simpler scientific principles.

Nations keep agreements, keep their treaties so long as they continue to do them good.

Satisfaction of one's curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life.

The way to get good ideas is to get lots of ideas and throw the bad ones away.

I hear from patients who say their doctor said, 'If you want to take Vitamin C, go ahead and do it. It won't harm you, and it may do you some good.' More and more physicians are getting convinced about the value of large doses of Vitamin C.

If you take a reasonable amount of vitamin C regularly, the incidence of the common cold goes down. If you get a cold and start immediately, as soon as you start sneezing and sniffling, the cold just doesn't get going.

Science is the search for truth, that is the effort to understand the world: it involves the rejection of bias, of dogma, of revelation, but not the rejection of morality.