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Why do we do basic research? To learn about ourselves. -- Walter Gilbert
Industry now should become a full partner of government in supporting longrange basic research. -- Kenneth G. Wilson
I'm truly glad I've managed to get the public interested in questions about basic research. -- Ada Yonath
I have always focused on basic research, motivated by a desire to understand the world. -- Jennifer Doudna
Basic research is very useful, but it should be more geared toward application than it was before. -- Luc Montagnier
I like to get paid for doing basic research, so it's pleasant to write some nonfiction about it. -- Bruce Sterling
If you don't invest in basic research at some stage you start losing the basis of applied research. -- Rolf-Dieter Heuer
I do think actually in this case the government does get credit for funding some of the basic research. -- Steve Case
I support basic research, which can lead to discoveries that change our world, expand our horizons and save lives. -- Lamar S. Smith
A meticulous virtual copy of the human brain would enable basic research on brain cells and circuits or computer-based drug trials. -- Henry Markram
Government isn't that good at rapid advancement of technology. It tends to be better at funding basic research. To have things take off, you've got to have commercial companies do it. -- Elon Musk
It is particularly pleasing to see how purely basic research, originally aimed at testing the genetic identity of different cell types in the body, has turned out to have clear human health prospects. -- John Gurdon
If our society continues to support basic research on how living organisms function, it is likely that my great grandchildren will be spared the agony of losing family members to most types of cancer. -- Paul D. Boyer
The United States should pursue a more robust agenda for U.S. competitiveness and innovation focused on a lower-carbon economy, including investments in education, basic research and development, infrastructure, retraining, retirement security, and universal health care. -- Mona Sutphen
The work I was involved in had no obvious therapeutic benefit. It was purely of scientific interest. I hope the country will continue to support basic research even though it may have no obvious practical value. -- John Gurdon
Basic research is to work at the very edge, the very border of, of knowledge, and move that border forward. You look and look for new secrets, and you don't know where it's going to lead you. -- Fred Kavli
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. -- Ahmed Zewail
Governments will always play a huge part in solving big problems. They set public policy and are uniquely able to provide the resources to make sure solutions reach everyone who needs them. They also fund basic research, which is a crucial component of the innovation that improves life for everyone. -- Bill Gates
Personally, I attach great importance to research in fundamental sciences because I believe that no applied or developmental research can do without basic research as the wellspring and driving force. But, in this world of ours, often because of material gains and immediate interests, it is easy to neglect basic research. This should be avoided. -- Wen Jiabao
Science fiction has its own history, its own legacy of what's been done, what's been superseded, what's so much part of the furniture it's practically part of the fabric now, what's become no more than a joke... and so on. It's just plain foolish, as well as comically arrogant, to ignore all this, to fail to do the most basic research. -- Iain Banks
Basic scientific research is scientific capital. -- Vannevar Bush
Invest in basic research and recruit the best minds. -- Ahmed H. Zewail
It's basic research: shoot an arrow in the air. Where it lands, paint a bullseye. -- Elizabeth Streb
Basic research is like shooting an arrow in the air and, where it lands, painting a target. -- Homer Burton Adkins
The Air Corps . . . does not, at this time, feel justified in obligating . . . funds for basic jet propulsion research and experimentation. -- George Brett
I believe in innovation and that the way you get innovation is you fund research and you learn the basic facts. -- Bill Gates
We need to spend a trillion dollars rebuilding our schools, our roads, our basic science and research here in the United States. -- Barack Obama
I started taking a basic biology course, and I really loved it. I started asking research questions incessantly. I was drawn very quickly to biology. -- James Rothman
The element of chance in basic research is overrated. Chance is a lady who smiles only upon those few who know how to make her smile. -- Hans Selye
Many Nobel Prizes are awaiting good research to understand and explain the many mysteries of our bodies, such as the basic mechanism of memory or imagination. -- John Cameron
Finally, assuming that many of those are fulfilled, which won't be easy in tight budget times, we're taking the supply side at the basic research level, because that's where government is absolutely fundamental. -- Bill Gates
Government support is not only investing in upstream areas like basic research, but also in downstream areas like applied research and early-stage financing for the companies themselves. This means there are great risks. -- Mariana Mazzucato

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