it is good to have measured myself, to recognize my limitations.

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.

If you live in Fear, Success will disappear.

Music is the most beautiful magic which can mesmerize everyone.

Anyone who isn't embarrassed of who they were last year probably isn't learning enough.

Don't make the mistake of treating your dogs like humans, or they'll treat you like dogs.

The world takes its notions of God from the people who say that they belong to God's family. They read us a great deal more than they read the Bible. They see us; they only hear about Jesus Christ.

I've joked that I would have either become schizophrenic or an actress, but as an actress you can do both.

It is a world of lies that permeates the Left

Narrow your life down to this moment. Your life situation may be full of problems - most life situations are - but find out if you have a problem at this moment. Do you have a problem now?

By using violence to subjugate one another we are using violence against our own souls.

Once you know something is wrong, you're responsible, whether you see it, or hear about it, and most particularly when you're a part of it.