Ahmed Zewail Science Quotations

The U.S. can still maintain research institutions, such as Caltech, that are the envy of the world, yet it would be hubristic and naive to think that this position is sustainable without investing in science education and basic research.

The soft power of science has the potential to reshape global diplomacy.

Investing in science education and curiosity-driven research is investing in the future.

Human resources are just tremendous in Egypt, but we need the science base; we need the correct science base.

Curiosity - the rover and the concept - is what science is all about: the quest to reveal the unknown.

In adapting to life in the melting pot of America, I discovered that the same soft power of science has a huge influence in building bridges between cultures and religions - and has the potential to do so with the Muslim world.

I'd rather have the influence than the power, and the influence to me is to build institutions of independence and democracy, to regain for Egypt prestige in education and science and technology.

I think I succeeded in getting the Egyptian people excited about the importance of science, and this is the only way Egypt can get out of this dark ages.

I discovered how science is truly a universal language, one that forges new connections among individuals and opens the mind to ideas that go far beyond the classroom.

Although there exist in the world today some microbes of the soul, such as discrimination and aggression, science was and still is the core of progress for humanity and the continuity of civilization.

From the dawn of history, science has probed the universe of unknowns, searching for the uniting laws of nature.