Henry Markram Quotes

Be a scientist, save the world.

I am a scientist. Mine is a professional world that achieves great things for humanity.

I was terrible at maths, but I could grasp science, and I used to love to read about the lives of the scientists. I wanted to be a scientist or an inventor.

To cure ALS medically is not economical. The realities are that it's difficult to find funding for research for a medical cure. I believe in developing technology as opposed to medical research. Technology can be economical.

And so I think that if the person has the funds, the network, and the equipment to do this, and also the experience, which is the key factor, then they can be quite deadly.

A body of work such as Pasteur's is inconceivable in our time: no man would be given a chance to create a whole science. Nowadays a path is scarcely opened up when the crowd begins to pour in.

In 1986, I was asked by the then-Dean of Science at the University of British Columbia, Dr. R.C. Miller, Jr., to establish a new interdisciplinary institute, the Biotechnology Laboratory. I decided that it was time for me to start paying back for the thirty years of fun that I had been able to have in research.

The pattern of things was that each of the research students would be doing some particular experiment on the accelerator, often involving the building of counters or a system like that.

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.

My efforts are focused on ensuring that CERN maintains a leading role in the fields of science, technology and education, and that it continues to be a place that unites scientists from around the world.

Asking people for money is giving them the opportunity to put their resources at the disposal of the Kingdom.

You shouldn't send people out to do a job which you cannot afford to equip them to do.

In preparation for it, we need to have folks who are trained, we need facilities, equipment and supplies, that are going to be built into our society, and we are going to spend a lot of money on it.

The true men of action in our time, those who transform the world, are not the politicians and statesmen, but the scientists.

Our security and independence require that more young people devote themselves to science and research.

We do benefit from the fact that once we say we're going to do it, people believe we can do it, because we have the resources. Google helps in that way: There aren't many funding mechanisms like that.

I wanted to be a scientist, but I wanted to go into space. They are not mutually exclusive.

The United States needs to be a leader in scientific research.

The spending in science and technology need to be to increased.

I live in the greatest city in the world for research.

If I were to travel with all my instruments, I would need a truck.

Wellcome Trust focuses on supporting outstanding researchers, accelerating the application of research, and exploring medicine in historical and cultural contexts. We believe passionately that breakthroughs emerge when the most talented researchers are given the resources and freedom they need to pursue their goals.

My dad worked at NASA his whole career; he's a research scientist.

Research in basic sciences now requires resources that no one country can provide.

A well-run, well-stocked library with access to great books as well as the Internet is essential.