Quotes about Experimentation

Untried forms of government may, to unstable minds, recommend themselves even by their novelty.

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

a person who never make a mistake, never tried anything new.

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.

You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else.

Creativity requires the willingness to look stupid.

If you have never failed, you have never tried anything new.

I grew up thinking that a research scientist was a natural thing to be.

Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. What if they are a little coarse and you may get your coat soiled or torn? What if you do fail, and get fairly rolled in the dirt once or twice? Up again, you shall never be so afraid of a tumble.

He will perceive that there are far more excellent qualities in the student than preciseness and infallibility; that a guess is often more fruitful than an indisputable affirmation, and that a dream may let us deeper into the secret of nature than a hundred concerted experiments

No facts are to me sacred; none are profane; I simply experiment, an endless seeker with no Past at my back.

As an Odd-Fish, it is not my job to be right,' said Sir Oort. 'It is my job to be wrong in new and exciting ways.