{"author":"Ahmed Zewail","author_id":"Ahmed+Zewail","total_quotes":21,"quotes":[{"text":"Higher education should be based on quality, not quantity; receive merit-based funding; and be free of unnecessary bureaucracy. Not the least of the benefits of educational reform is to foster the pride of achievement at national and international levels.","author":"Ahmed Zewail","tags":["achievement","quality","pride "],"id":1179,"author_id":"Ahmed+Zewail"},{"text":"Despite differences of faith or even the occasional collisions between them, Egypt is united.","author":"Ahmed Zewail","tags":["differences","egypt","between "],"id":22923,"author_id":"Ahmed+Zewail"},{"text":"Investing in science education and curiosity-driven research is investing in the future.","author":"Ahmed Zewail","tags":["education","future","research "],"id":68455,"author_id":"Ahmed+Zewail"},{"text":"The U.S. Can still maintain research institutions, such as Caltech, that are the envy of the world, yet it would be hubristic and naive to think that this position is sustainable without investing in science education and basic research.","author":"Ahmed Zewail","tags":["education","world","research "],"id":99287,"author_id":"Ahmed+Zewail"},{"text":"On the banks of the Nile, the Rosetta branch, I lived an enjoyable childhood in the City of Disuq, which is the home of the famous mosque, Sidi Ibrahim.","author":"Ahmed Zewail","tags":["home","childhood","city "],"id":104180,"author_id":"Ahmed+Zewail"},{"text":"Human resources are just tremendous in Egypt, but we need the science base; we need the correct science base.","author":"Ahmed Zewail","tags":["human","egypt","resources "],"id":113483,"author_id":"Ahmed+Zewail"},{"text":"I'd rather have the influence than the power, and the influence to me is to build institutions of independence and democracy, to regain for Egypt prestige in education and science and technology.","author":"Ahmed Zewail","tags":["education","technology","power "],"id":122023,"author_id":"Ahmed+Zewail"},{"text":"Syria may appear to be a small country, but it is just the type of entangled conflict that can lead to a world catastrophe. It does not take much imagination to see Syria as the Sarajevo of the 21st century, leading to world war.","author":"Ahmed Zewail","tags":["war","conflict","world "],"id":127088,"author_id":"Ahmed+Zewail"},{"text":"In Egypt, every family is suffering from the deteriorated schooling and university system of the Mubarak regime. What families want most of all is to secure a good education for their children.","author":"Ahmed Zewail","tags":["family","children","good "],"id":143985,"author_id":"Ahmed+Zewail"},{"text":"Like everywhere in the world, people of the Middle East aspire to liberty and justice. They wish to have a better life and a decent education for their children.","author":"Ahmed Zewail","tags":["life","children","justice "],"id":179064,"author_id":"Ahmed+Zewail"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":21,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}