Knowledge is the death of research.

No effect that requires more than 10 percent accuracy in measurement is worth investigating.

One should avoid carrying out an experiment requiring more than 10 per cent accuracy.

On examinations: Das Wissen ist der Tad der Forschung. Knowledge is the death of research. Nernst's motto.

And you should not let yourself be confused in your solitude by the fact that there is something in you that wants to move out of it.

It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.

We don't know something called elections in Libya. We are a muslim country. We don't know something called colonialism and political parties.

I'm in politics. I'm in government, so nothing surprises me

Many of my staff have been with me for over 20 years. I have a great team, and I make sure they feel respected and appreciated.

We're constantly pushing these materials and processes to the extreme to see what will happen. It's an insight into things that you don't normally see.

He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be so; and insolence, if unpunished, increases! [Lat., Qui se laisse outrager, merite qu'on l'outrage Et l'audace impunie enfle trop un courage.]

I have no opinion. No, none at all. Opinion is politics, and politics is an evil which has caused many a fellow to be hung while he's still young and pretty.

They could have been removed. They could have been hidden. They could have been destroyed.

Anything that reflects the human condition back on humans in the entertainment medium is art.