“The man to watch, the man to put your money on, is not the man who wants to make "a survey" or a "more detailed study" but the man with the notebook, the man with the alternative hypotheses and the crucial experiments, the man who knows how to answer your Question of disproof and is already working on it.”

John R. Platt (1964). Cited in: William M. Block, M. Dale Strickland, Bret A. Collier, Markus J. Peterson (2008) Wildlife Study Design. Springer. p. 20 among other places.

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "The man to watch, the man to put your money on, is not the man who wants to make "a survey" or a "more detailed study" …" by John R. Platt?
John R. Platt photo
John R. Platt 12
American physicist 1918–1992

Related quotes

Henry David Thoreau photo
Kage Baker photo

““There,” Joseph said. “There’s your answer.”
“It’s not an answer, little man. It’s many, many more questions.””

Source: The Graveyard Game (2001), Chapter 15, “Fez (I)” (p. 145)

Lana Turner photo
Chetan Bhagat photo

“But it will work, man. If you put your heart into it, it will.”

Source: The 3 Mistakes of My Life (2008), P. 18

Witter Bynner photo

“A man who knows how little he knows is well, a man who knows how much he knows is sick.”

Witter Bynner (1881–1968) American author

The Way of Life, According to Laotzu, 1944.

G. K. Chesterton photo
Muhammad photo
Wilkie Collins photo
Paul Gauguin photo

“A young man who is unable to commit a folly is already an old man.”

Paul Gauguin (1848–1903) French Post-Impressionist artist

Source: 1890s - 1910s, The Writings of a Savage (1996), p. 68: from his manuscript, known as 'Cahier pour Aline' (ca. 1892-1893)

Related topics