Linus Pauling

“Science is the search for the truth--it is not a game in which one tries to beat his opponent, to do harm to others. We need to have the spirit of science in international affairs, to make the conduct of international affairs the effort to find the right solution, the just solution of international problems, and not an effort by each nation to get the better of other nations, to do harm to them when it is possible. I believe in morality, in justice, in humanitarianism.”

“Everyone should know that most cancer research is largely a fraud, and that the major cancer research organizations are derelict in their duties to the people who support them.”

“I believe that you can, by taking some simple and inexpensive measures, lead a longer life and extend your years of well-being. My most important recommendation is that you take vitamins every day in optimum amounts to supplement the vitamins that you receive in your food.”

“Facts are the air of scientists. Without them you can never fly.”

“I have something that I call my Golden Rule. It goes something like this: 'Do unto others twenty-five percent better than you expect them to do unto you.' … The twenty-five percent is for error.”

“If you take a reasonable amount of vitamin C regularly, the incidence of the common cold goes down. If you get a cold and start immediately, as soon as you start sneezing and sniffling, the cold just doesn't get going.”

“I hear from patients who say their doctor said, 'If you want to take Vitamin C, go ahead and do it. It won't harm you, and it may do you some good.' More and more physicians are getting convinced about the value of large doses of Vitamin C.”

“Satisfaction of one's curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life.”

“Nations keep agreements, keep their treaties so long as they continue to do them good.”

“The way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.”

“By the proper intakes of vitamins and other nutrients and by following a few other healthful practices from youth or middle age on, you can, I believe, extend your life and years of well-being by twenty-five or even thirty-five years.”

“The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.”

“The way to get good ideas is to get lots of ideas and throw the bad ones away.”

“The best way to get a good idea is to have a lot of ideas”

“Science is the search for truth, that is the effort to understand the world: it involves the rejection of bias, of dogma, of revelation, but not the rejection of morality.”

“I believe all complicated phenomena can be explained by simpler scientific principles.”

“No evidence compels the conclusion that the minimum required intake of any vitamin comes close to the optimum intake that sustains good health.”