I turned my attention for a while to gamma ray astronomy and soon began the first in a continous series of experiments at the Savannah River site to study the properties of the neutrino.

Among my activities was membership in the Boy Scouts; I rose each year through the ranks, eventually achieving the rank of Eagle Scout and undertaking leadership roles in the organization.

I received my undergraduate degree in engineering in 1939 and a Master of Science degree in mathematical physics in 1941 at Steven Institute of Technology.

I was strongly encouraged by a science teacher who took an interest in me and presented me with a key to the laboratory to allow me to work whenever I wanted.

In 1958, I was a delegate to the Atoms for Peace conference in Geneva.

In 1956 we observed the electron antineutrino.

I don't believe in angels and I have trouble with the whole God thing. I don't want to say I don't believe in God but I don't think I do. But I believe in people who do.

I never heard sound and thrill of my painful heart until that very day she touched it.

Let's be naughty and save Santa the trip.

We Gypsies know that where Jews are killed, Gypsies are always murthered too. And then a lot of other people, usually.

I wouldn't say it's a split. It's a difference of emphasis. It does exist between, I would say, the State Department and the Defense Department.

It is vain to say that enlightened statesmen will always be able to adjust their interests. Enlightened men will not always be at the helm.

Show business is just like high school, except you get paid.

I love baseball, and the door remains open.

I will also continue to strongly oppose any reauthorization of the Patriot Act that does not protect the rights and freedoms of law-abiding Americans with no connection to terrorism.

The conservative version of American exceptionalism has become a password of sorts for candidates who want to prove their credentials to a right-wing America.