Quotes by Harry Orf

“Computer modeling is the work to be done initially. Lab work is a long way off. Years.”

“If there is a pie, there will be a piece for everybody.”

“What everyone wanted, and what Scripps needed, was certainty ... and thats what we got.”

“The method were adopting is were going to be proactive. I think weve demonstrated that just by being proactive and using other methods of communication, both physically traveling and using the Internet and e-mails, weve been able to establish [links].”

“Its a water cleanup effort. Its not a hazardous cleanup.”

“In terms of major equipment, we wont know until we can get back in.”

“The only thing I needed to do to pass the course was to know what the score was of the game the night before.”

“We tell them about Earth science, astronomy, plant science and marine science. But what we dont do is explain what the four basic sciences are and what the building blocks are. We go too broad too early. We dont go in depth enough.... Youve got to understand the big picture of what science is and how all the sciences relate to one another. If you dont do that, youll never get it and youll never get a real interest in science.”

“Its extremely dry. Open up any chemistry book, its awful. Everybody can do the volcano, everybody can do some of the science experiments where things flash and you get puffs of smoke. Thats fun, its entertaining for the kids, but it really doesnt drive home any of the principles.”

“That is not going to happen this century unless we get more kids interested in science. We have 39 of the 50 best scientific institutions in the world. But U.S. enrollment is down and foreign enrollment is up. We have to change that if we want to be the innovators of the future.”