Top 20 Quotes by Harry Kroto

I've always felt that the Nobel Prize gives me nothing as far as science is concerned.

Never, ever, compromise on science.

Human beings are just animals who will just eat and take advantage of any source of energy until it runs out, and then there'll be catastrophe.

Without evidence, anything goes. Think about it. Common sense says the sun goes round the Earth. Who agrees with me?

Having chosen something worth doing, never give up, and try not to let anyone down.

Saying that we should stop nanoscience is tantamount to saying we should stop science.

You've accepted a lot of things without evidence. Find out what the evidence is for that. Find out what the evidence is for everything that you accept.

Imagine if we had stopped science in 1904. Yes, there would have been no nerve gas and no Bhopal, but there would also have been no penicillin. All science is a trade-off.

I think the most important thing that young people should be taught at school is how they can decide what they're being told is true.

The laissez-faire attitude to science education has resulted in a disaster exemplified by the fact that more young people are opting for media studies than physics.