This quote is written / told by Irving Langmuir between January 31, 1881 and August 16, 1957. He/she was a famous Scientist from USA.
The author also have 7 other quotes.
"In a few decades, the relationship between the environment, resources and conflict may seem almost as obvious as the connection we see today between human rights, democracy and peace"
"I think philosophers can do things akin to theoretical scientists, in that, having read about empirical data, they too can think of what hypotheses and theories might account for that data. So there's a continuity between philosophy and science in that way"