Above all, I regret that scientific experiments-some of them mine-should have produced such a terrible weapon as the hydrogen bomb. Regret, with all my soul, but not guilt.

Life is not a miracle. It is a natural phenomenon, and can be expected to appear whenever there is a planet whose conditions duplicate those of the earth.

[My study of the universe] leaves little doubt that life has occurred on other planets. I doubt if the human race is the most intelligent form of life.

[Pure research] is worth every penny it costs.

I'm in Pittsburgh. Why am I here?

Life is not a miracle. It is a natural phenomenon, and can be expected to appear whenever there is a planet whose conditions duplicate those of the

Without an enthusiasm of existence, the fullness of life is missed.

It's the pointless things that give your life meaning. Friendship, Compassion, Art, Love. All of them are pointless. But, they're what keeps life from being meaningless.

It is by suffering that Christ brings it in to the kingdoms of this world

Thirteen, 13 children, and I love - I love them all. And I think I've been a good father to all of them.

I look at Jerusalem as being a beacon for the three monotheistic religions.

Didn't you ever notice how it's always people who wish they had somethin' or had done somethin' that hate the hardest?

The ones who destroy monsters have always been humans.

The more coward you are, the bigger your castle is!

Venerable to me is the hard hand,--crooked, coarse,--wherein, notwithstanding, lies a cunning virtue, indispensably royal as of the sceptre of the planet.