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Bernard M(annes) Baruch
(18 Aug 1870 - 20 Jun 1965)
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Science Quotes by Bernard M(annes) Baruch (11 quotes)
During my eighty-seven years I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away with the need for character in the individual or the ability to think.
— Bernard M(annes) Baruch
Facts to [Herbert] Hoover's brain are as water to a sponge; they are absorbed into every tiny interstice.
— Bernard M(annes) Baruch
I'm not smart. I try to observe. Millions saw the apple fall but Newton was the one who asked 'why.'
— Bernard M(annes) Baruch
If you get all the facts, your judgment can be right. If you don’t get all the facts, it can’t be right.
— Bernard M(annes) Baruch
In college I largely wasted my opportunities. My worst subjects were drawing and science. Almost my only memory of the chemistry class was of making some sulfuric acid into a foul-smelling concoction and dropping it into another student's pocket.
— Bernard M(annes) Baruch
Science has taught us how to put the atom to work. But to make it work for good instead of for evil lies in the domain dealing with the principles of human duty. We are now facing a problem more of ethics than physics.
— Bernard M(annes) Baruch
Science, which gave us this dread power, shows that it can be made a giant help to humanity, but science does not show us how to prevent its baleful use. So we have been appointed to obviate that peril by finding a meeting of the minds and the hearts of our people. Only in the will of mankind lies the answer.
— Bernard M(annes) Baruch
The terror created by weaponry has never stopped men from employing them.
— Bernard M(annes) Baruch
There are no such things as incurables; there are only things for which man has not found a cure.
— Bernard M(annes) Baruch
To me old age is always fifteen years older than I am.
Commenting on his 85th birthday.
Commenting on his 85th birthday.
— Bernard M(annes) Baruch
We may have to live with the failure to control atomic energy for the rest of our lives. If that is to be our lot, let us face it steadfastly with faith in the civilisation we defend. The acid test of the strength of our society is the self-discipline of its adherents.
— Bernard M(annes) Baruch