It is my practice to try to understand how valuable something is by trying to imagine myself without it.
Secrecy in science does not work. Withholding information does more damage to us than to our competitors.
When you get to the end of all the light you know and it's time to step into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing that one of two things shall happen: either you will be given something solid to stand on, or you will be taught how to fly.
If anyone wants a hole in the ground, nuclear explosives can make big holes
There's no system foolproof enough to defeat a sufficiently great fool.
On May 7, a few weeks after the accident at Three-Mile Island, I was in Washington. I was there to refute some of that propaganda that Ralph Nader, Jane Fonda and their kind are spewing to the news media in their attempt to frighten people away from nuclear power. I am 71 years old, and I was working 20 hours a day. The strain was too much. The next day, I suffered a heart attack. You might say that I was the only one whose health was affected by that reactor near Harrisburg. No, that would be wrong. It was not the reactor. It was Jane Fonda. Reactors are not dangerous.
I believe in evil. It is the property of all those who are certain of truth. Despair and fanaticism are only differing manifestations of evil.
When the snipe and the mussel struggle, the fisherman gets the benefit. Ancient Chinese saying
The key to success is to keep your head above the water.
Elric knew that everything that existed had its opposite. In danger he might find peace. And yet, of course, in peace there was danger. Being an imperfect creature in an imperfect world he would always know paradox. And that was why in paradox there was always a kind of truth. That was why philosophers and soothsayers flourished. In a perfect world there would be no place for them. In an imperfect world the mysteries were always without solution and that was why there was always a great choice of solutions.
Any friend of fossil is a friend of mine. . . We’ve got to do everything we can to get people out of their automobiles and into mass transit.