If, as I have reason to believe, I have disintegrated the nucleus of the atom, this is of greater significance than th

All of physics is either impossible or trivial. It is impossible until you understand it, and then it becomes trivial.

Never say, "I tried it once and it did not work."

A theory that you can't explain to a bartender is probably no damn good.

We haven't got the money, so we've got to think.

An alleged scientific discovery has no merit unless it can be explained to a barmaid.

It was almost as incredible as if you fired a 15-inch shell at a piece of tissue paper and it came back and hit you.

If your experiment needs statistics, you ought to have done a better experiment.

The only possible conclusion the social sciences can draw is: some do, some don't.

All science is either physics or stamp collecting.

I must confess it was very unexpected and I am very startled at my metamorphosis into a chemist.

There is no greater sorrowThan to recall a happy timeWhen miserable.

In 1763 the English were the most powerful nation in the world.

The first thing that attracts me to any script is the writing. If I find myself becoming lost in a good yarn, then I feel certain that others will, too.

Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.

Is it possible that there are no coincidences?

Machiavelli is right: one always must live with one's friends with the idea that they may turn into one's enemies. He should have said, with everyone.

A milestone is less date and more definition.

The noblest motive is the public good.

I tell you folks, all politics is applesauce.

Open your heart and mind like the wings of a butterfly. See then how high you CAN fly.