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

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.

Ignorance is never better than knowledge

The secret strength of a nation is found in the faith that abides in the hearts and homes of the country.

Why don't you fix your little problem and light this candle?

A lot of people who get into any art form have some form of mental..something in their head which is unstable

As a blind man has no idea of colors, so we have no idea of the manner by which the all-wise God perceives and understands all things.

Well, I've been a fan of videogames all my life.

It took years, honestly, to deal with the disappointment of Beijing.

I saw something nasty in the woodshed.

Rumors chase the dead like flies, and we follow them with our prim noses. None of us are gossips, but we love listening to those who are.

Nature taking its course - hunter and prey, the endless circle of life and death.

A civilization which has taken over the world cannot be said to be dying.