Applicability Quotes

“Will fluorine ever have practical applications?

It is very difficult to answer this question. I may, however, say in all sincerity that I gave this subject little thought when I undertook my researches, and I believe that all the chemists whose attempts preceded mine gave it no more consideration.

A scientific research is a search after truth, and it is only after discovery that the question of applicability can be usefully considered.”
― Henri Moissan

“All of the important acts of creation and destruction involve the issuance of words and the application of signature.”
― Bryant McGill, Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

“You might as well offer a mutton chop to a man who is dying of thirst as offer sexual pleasure to the desire I am speaking of.”
― C.S. Lewis, Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life