I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.

The only possible interpretation of any research whatever in the "social sciences" is: Some do, some don't.

Research is the process of going up alleys to see if they are blind.

Basic research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.

There is only one proved method of assisting the advancement of pure science-that of picking men of genius, backing them heavily, and leaving them to direct themselves.

Scientific research? Only when not at the cost of ethics-and first of all, those of the researchers themselves.