Hold Back Quotes (1 quote)
The investigator who holds back his conclusions until he is absolutely sure, never progresses far* When I reach certain conclusions, I do not hesitate to publish them, even though, after further study, I may find I was wrong; then I do not hesitate to say that I have changed my mind.
Quoted and cited as 'Sabin, F.R', Current Biography (Apr 1945) in Vincent T. Andriole, 'Florence Rena Sabin—Teacher, scientist, citizen' (1957), Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library, article No. 2344.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
(1987) -- 
