When asked what he meant by a miracle: Oh, anything with a probability of less than 20%.

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.

The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

She raised one leg and gave me all her weight as I dipped her. She either trusted me or wanted to fall.

The burdens I carry on my back are in direct correlation to the weight of my ego.

Sometimes when I'm directing, the stage manager will have a good idea and that's okay with me.

Maybe crazy is just the word we use for feelings that will not be contained.

Golf is a weird sport. Some days you got it. Some days you don't.

Believe it or not, I thank my mom for how she raised me in a neighborhood daily to jump and chase me. It only made me what I am today.

I ignore all the doomsaying nonsense. I'm in a business where the odds of ever earning a living are a zillion to one, so I know itcan be done. I know the impossible can become possible.

Academic staff rather enjoy coming to conclusions, but they don't like coming to decisions at all.

I was put here to sing.