Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by Donald Kennedy

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American scientist Donald Kennedy.
Last updated on November 25, 2024.
Donald Kennedy

Donald Kennedy was an American scientist, public administrator, and academic. He served as Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (1977โ€“1979), President of Stanford University (1980โ€“1992), and Editor-in-Chief of Science (2000โ€“2008). Following this, he was named president emeritus of Stanford University; Bing Professor of Environmental Science and Policy, emeritus; and senior fellow of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.

A lot of disappointed people have been left standing on the street corner waiting for the bus marked Perfection. โ€” ยฉ Donald Kennedy
A lot of disappointed people have been left standing on the street corner waiting for the bus marked Perfection.
Academic freedom really means freedom of inquiry. To be able to probe according to one's own interest, knowledge and conscience is the most important freedom the scholar has, and part of that process is to state its results.
So here's the situation confronting the drug firms: The drugs cost more to make, but they can't charge more for them. What do they do? Increasingly, the U.S. market is driving them toward drugs aimed at the diseases of richer, older Americans and away from antimicrobials, vaccines, and the like.
This is really a twin tragedy both for the people who were misled over there and for those of us who were misled over here.
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