An inborn tendency toward science turning it into a lifelong commitment.

In any case, whenever technical progress opened a new window into the surrounding world, I felt the urge to look through this window, hoping to see something unexpected.

A feeling that was possibly generated by experiences in my previous work on cosmic rays; more likely it was inborn and was the reason why, as a young man, I went into the field of cosmic rays.

The initial motivation of the experiment which led to this discovery was a subconscious feeling for the inexhaustible wealth of nature, a wealth that goes far beyond the imagination of man.

Adventures of Lailah Gifty Akita, the wonder woman!

You can't BREED at a place where you can't BREATHE. Therefore, FIX yourself where you FIT.

Money like a queen gives rank and beauty .

Many Africans are used to a life where they get up in the morning and don't know what they're going to do that day.

But I found that being an artist and doing accurate work is very difficult.

Absolutely no religious rites of any kind, relating to any religious faith, should be associated with my funeral.

There is nothing so clear-sighted and sensible as a noble mind in a low estate.

Whoa! I better lay off the peyote!

But take comfort in that I die at peace with the world and myself - not afraid.

Even an abstract form has to have a likeness.