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Category: Ahmed Zewail

Let me put it this way: There is nothing in Islam that is fundamentally against the quest for knowledge.

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.

Education, Technology, Power

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.

Life, Power, America

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.

Education, World, Research

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

Human, Egypt, Resources

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

Power, Potential, Diplomacy

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

Education, Future, Research

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

Curiosity, Unknown, Quest

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

History, Science, Universe

On the banks of the Nile, the Rosetta branch, I lived an enjoyable childhood in the City of Disuq, which is the home of the famous mosque, Sidi Ibrahim.

Home, Childhood, City

I am not one of the new media experts working all the time with my computers and the PowerPoints and things of that sort.

Time, I Am, Media

Some leaders think time will solve the problem. Their hope is that Assad’s regime will ultimately fall from the heavy toll of the horrors it has spawned. From past experience with such regimes, this scenario is unlikely to happen.

Time, Experience, Past