The fundamental point in fabricating a chain reacting machine is of course to see to it that each fission produces a certain number of neutrons and some of these neutrons will again produce fission.

Experimental confirmation of a prediction is merely a measurement. An experiment disproving a prediction is a discovery.

Before I came here I was confused about this subject. Having listened to your lecture I am still confused. But on a higher level.

There are two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery.

Never underestimate the joy people derive from hearing something they already know.

I remember my friend Johnny von Neumann used to say, 'with four parameters I can fit an elephant and with five I can make him wiggle his trunk.'

It is not good to try to stop knowledge from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge.

[on what characteristics Nobel prize winning physicists had in common] I cannot think of a single one, not even intelligence.

An experiment disproving a prediction is discovery.

Whatever Nature has in store for mankind, unpleasant as it may be, men must accept, for ignorance is never better than knowledge.

Ignorance is never better than knowledge

Finding meaning for life is simply coming into significance because you have been able to accomplish and fulfill your purpose.

Sadness, it was such an arresting emotion. You could almost convince yourself of the rhyme and reason of heartbreak.

The first day one is a guest, the second a burden, and the third a pest.

I try to go throughout my daily life just as if nothing has changed, but you don't have much anonymity anymore, which feels really good. People come up, and say hi and they enjoy your work.

We all exist in our own personal reality of craziness.

I don't know a single person in life that doesn't have conflict.

I can't listen to music while writing - any such distraction would have dreadful consequences.

I’d like to see a forklift lift a crate of forks. It’d be so damn literal! You are using that machine to it’s exact purpose!

Remember that your character is the sum total of your habits.

Incorporating an awareness of style in the paintings gives them a kind of electricity and holds them together. It can plug you into the moment at which they were made.