Carl Djerassi Quotes

Science extends an invitation to all nations.

Science is a we, not an I. We are so used to star athletes, star entertainers, star politicians, but that is not science.

At the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, we have long had a tradition of close cooperation between physicists and technicians.

You have ... been told that science grows like an organism. You have been told that, if we today see further than our predecessors, it is only because we stand on their shoulders. But this [Nobel Prize Presentation] is an occasion on which I should prefer to remember, not the giants upon whose shoulders we stood, but the friends with whom we stood arm in arm ... colleagues in so much of my work.

One of the lessons I have learned in the different stages of my career is that science is not done alone. It is through talking with others and sharing that progress is made.

The ability to work together has to be in the blood of particle physicists. They learn very early on that it is impossible to advance on one's own and that constant exchange is necessary.

Experimental high energy physics research is a group effort. I have been very fortunate to have had outstanding students and colleagues who have made invaluable contributions to the research with which I have been associated.

If co-operation, is thus the lifeblood of science and technology, it is similarly vital to society as a whole.

The first thing to make clear is that scientists, freely making their own choice of problems and pursuing them in the light of their own personal judgment, are in fact co-operating as members of a closely knit organization.

Further, science is a collaborative effort.

Only dead mathematics can be taught where the attitude of competition prevails: living mathematics must always be a communal possession.

That's one of the things I like about our business: our fraternity of coaches. As competitive as it is, guys find time to share when they can.

The development of science is basically a social phenomenon, dependent on hard work and mutual support of many scientists and on the societies in which they live.

If you put enough smart people together in one space, good things happen.

Sporting competitions seem to be what we obsess over, frankly. So if we can put engineering, science, technology into a format of healthy, fun competition, we can attract all sorts of kids that might not see the kind of activity we do as accessible or rewarding.

Success doesn't happen in a vacuum. You're only as good as the people you work with and the people you work for.

The combined results of several people working together is often much more effective than could be that of an individual scientist working alone.

Science is the highest personification of the nation because that nation will remain the first which carries the furthest the works of thought and intelligence.

Partnership is the way. Dictatorial win-lose is so old-school.

I had a hard time treating my field as if it's horse racing, putting actors in competition against each other. I see how the industry and the studios feel it's important, but I don't really have a feeling for being in competition. I want to feel sympathetic and close to others, not opposed to them.

I've always liked working with friends or, you know, people I have outside relationships with.

I love the relays. Track is such an individual sport, so it's fun to do something together.

It created a global platform that allowed more people to plug and play, collaborate and compete, share knowledge and share work, than anything we have ever seen in the history of the world.

In effect, I feel like a blind, deaf, and illiterate person working through the sensibilities and multiple, real talents of other people. Everything I do is collaborative.

Creative collaboration is awesome.