Charles Hard Townes Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Science has faith. We make postulates. We can't prove those postulates, but we have faith in them.”

“There is some truth to the idea that, in the fields of science, individual contributions of great significance are possible.”

“I don't think that science is complete at all. We don't understand everything, and one can see, within science itself, there are many inconsistencies. We just have to accept that we don't understand.”

“In many cases, people who win a Nobel prize, their work slows down after that because of the distractions. Yes, fame is rewarding, but it's a pity if it keeps you from doing the work you are good at.”

“It was strange, in a way, because there were no ideas involved in the laser that weren't already known by somebody 25 years before lasers were discovered. The ideas were all there; just, nobody put it together.”