Everyone gives the title of barbarism to everything that is not in use in his own country.
I must confess it was very unexpected and I am very startled at my metamorphosis into a chemist.
All of physics is either impossible or trivial. It is impossible until you understand it, and then it becomes trivial.
When we have found how the nucleus of atoms is built up we shall have found the greatest secret of all — except life. We shall have found the basis of everything — of the earth we walk on, of the air we breathe, of the sunshine, of our physical body itself, of everything in the world, however great or however small — except life.
Physics is the only real science. The rest are just stamp collecting.
Never say, "I tried it once and it did not work. "
A theory that you can't explain to a bartender is probably no damn good.
I can write all the way through the morning, when my mind is clear, and there are no distractions.
I've signed thousands of documents, but never read them.
It is not fools that I seek to address.
We are captives of what we love, what we desire, and what we are.