Brian Schmidt Quotes

• If we're damaged it will take 20 years to fix ourselves. It only takes one year to cause 20 years of damage.

  Brian Schmidt

  Years, Damage, Causes

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• I think a scientist's job is to explore the Universe, to explore the cosmos around us. People always want to know - why is that useful? Well, on just pure fundamental grounds, on some level it's like art, it's like umm, music, it's aesthetics, it's like philosophy. You want to know where you are in the Universe.

  Brian Schmidt

  Art, Jobs, Philosophy

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• Because I helped discover the expansion rate of the universe was accelerating.

  Brian Schmidt

  Expansion, Rate, Universe

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• There can be theory but, you know, the problem is you've got to be able to test it. So theories are one thing, testing is another.

  Brian Schmidt

  Tests, Able, Problem

  "Life, the universe and everything". "Q&A" with Tony Jones, www.abc.net.au. June 18, 2012.

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• Australians have a free spirit and an ability to think outside the box, and that is why I like Australia so much.

  Brian Schmidt

  Thinking, Australia, Free Spirit

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• I'm actually surprised how technical a lot of commercial wine production is. Things are done very much from an industrial chemistry point of view at certain price points, but that's not the impression you get with wine.

  Brian Schmidt

  Wine, Views, Done

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