[Pure research] is worth every penny it costs.

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.

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.

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

The value of any education cannot be found in a test score. Education’s value is fully realized only after what is learned becomes useful to the learner.

My mom never taught me to be waiting for some prince on a white horse to swipe me off my feet.

There's no such thing as bad weather - only the wrong clothes.

The God of heaven sent some of His choicest spirits to lay the foundation of this government. And he has sent other choice spirits to preserve it.

The vocation of each writer is to describe the world as he or she sees it; anything more than that is advertising.

If you go back 150 years you are a reactionary; but if you go back 1000 years, you are in the foremost ranks of progress.

It's like one of those dreams you have when someone is chasing you. You're running as fast as you can, and someone's trotting behind you, just out of range, trying to grab onto you.

You can't control what the other athlete is going to do; you can't control anything except for your competition and how you execute the race or how you execute the task.

To separate the purpose of a business from the purpose of people who are in the business is, I think, not a good thing.

It's important for me to make sure that the men see and recognize that that woman is their equal.