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"When the honour is given to that scientist personally the happiness is sweet indeed. Science is, on the whole, an informal activity, a life of shirt sleeves and coffee served in beakers."

George Porter on Happiness

More quotes about Happiness

  • "Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open."

    John Barrymore on Happiness

  • "Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions."

    Dalai Lama on Happiness

  • "Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be."

    Abraham Lincoln on Happiness

  • "I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition."

    Martha Washington on Happiness

  • "Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony."

    Mahatma Gandhi on Happiness

More quotes by George Porter

  • "It is not only my laboratory and my place of work but also my home, so that on the 30th October I was able to share my happiness immediately with my students and collaborators and, at the same time, with my wife and family."

  • "Tonight I should like to thank all those who have shared my work and to acknowledge the debt that I owe to my wife whose encouragement to put research before all other things has been a great strength to me."

  • "I have no doubt that we will be successful in harnessing the sun's energy. If sunbeams were weapons of war, we would have had solar energy centuries ago."

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