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Dixy Lee Ray
(3 Sep 1914 - 2 Jan 1994)
American marine biologist who was the first female chair (1973-75) of the Atomic Energy Commission and supported nuclear power.
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Science Quotes by Dixy Lee Ray (4 quotes)
A nuclear power plant is infinitely safer than eating, because 300 people choke to death on food every year. (1977)
— Dixy Lee Ray
Quoted in G. Barry Golson (ed.) The Playboy Interview (1981).
Everybody is exposed to radiation. A little bit more or a little bit less is of no consequence..
— Dixy Lee Ray
Quoted in 'Dixy Lee Ray, 79, Ex-Governor; Led Atomic Energy Commission' obituary, New York Times (3 Jan 1994).
If our tongues were as sensitive as these radiation detectors, we could easily taste one drop of vermouth in five carloads of gin.
— Dixy Lee Ray
Quoted in Esther Stineman, American Political Women (1980).
Nature did not make me willowy.
— Dixy Lee Ray
Quoted in 'Defeat for Dixy Lee Ray', Time (29 Sep 1980).
See also:
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Short biography of Dixy Lee Ray on Today in Science History page for date of birth, 3 Sep 1914. 
Is it true what they say about Dixy?: A biography of Dixy Lee Ray, by Louis R Guzzo.
At the heart of science is an essential balance between two seemingly contradictory attitudes--an openness to new ideas, no matter how bizarre or counterintuitive they may be, and the most ruthless skeptical scrutiny of all ideas, old and new. This is how deep truths are winnowed from deep nonsense. -- Carl Sagan
