Quotes by Jonas Salk

“There is hope in dreams, imagination, and in the courage of those who wish to make those dreams a reality.”

“Are we being good ancestors?”

“I look upon ourselves as partners in all of this, and that each of us contributes and does what he can do best. And so I see not a top rung and a bottom rung - I see all this horizontally - and I s...”

“Reply when questioned on the safety of the polio vaccine he developed:It is safe, and you can't get safer than safe.”

“Hope lies in dreams, in imagination and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality.”

“What makes your heart leap?”

“When things get bad enough, then something happens to correct the course. And it's for that reason that I speak about evolution as an error-making and an error-correcting process. And if we can be ...”

“Some people are constructive, if you like. Others are destructive. It's this diversity in humankind that results in some making positive contributions and some negative contributions. It's necessar...”

“Our greatest responsibility is to be good ancestors.”

“Intuition will tell the thinking mind where to look next.”

“The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more.”

“It is always with excitement that I wake up in the morning wondering what my intuition will toss up to me, like gifts from the sea. I work with it and rely on it. It's my partner.”

“Nothing happens quite by chance. It's a question of accretion of information and experience.”

“Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality.”

“I have had dreams and I have had nightmares, but I have conquered my nightmares because of my dreams.”

“Edward R. Murrow: Who owns the patent on this vaccine? Jonas Salk: Well, the people, I would say. There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?”

“It is courage based on confidence, not daring, and it is confidence based on experience.”

“I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more.”

“Why did Mozart compose music?”

“Neither wisdom nor good will is now dominant. Hope lies in dreams, in imagination and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality.”