The usual designation of the magnitude scale to my name does less than justice to the great part that Dr. Gutenberg played in extending the scale to apply to earthquakes in all parts of the world.

Nothing is less predictable than the development of an active scientific field.

Don't wait for extraordinary circumstance to do good; try to use ordinary situations.

As seismologists gained more experience from earthquake records, it became obvious that the problem could not be reduced to a single peak acceleration. In fact, a full frequency of vibrations occurs.

Only fools, liars, and charlatans predict earthquakes

The rose does not bloom without thorns. True, but would that the thorns did not outlive the rose.

Spring makes everything young again except man.

Refining is inevitable in science when you have made measurements of a phenomenon for a long period of time.

I was lucky because logarithmic plots are a device of the devil.

If one introduces the concept of energy of an earthquake then that is a theoretically derived quantity.

I would walk - not run - to the nearest seismograph.

The lion does not need the whole world to fear him, only those nearest where he roams.

The reason why nothing happens is because nothing was done. Something will happen when something is done. Leaders take actions!

In Lascaux and other sites, hoofs are depicted to show their underside, or hoofprint.

There’s nothing like a military man, even out of uniform.

Faith is hidden household capital.

Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done.

Unicorns," I said. "Very dangerous. You go first.

'Doctor Who' was the first mythology that I learned, before ever I ran into Greek or Roman or Egyptian mythologies.

Whether a pretty woman grants or withholds her favors, she always likes to be asked for them.

To work with somebody you love makes filming faster, more fun.