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Physics is, hopefully, simple. Physicists are not.
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Two paradoxes are better than one; they may even suggest a solution.
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One may say that predictions are dangerous particularly for the future.
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There's no system foolproof enough to defeat a sufficiently great fool.
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If anyone wants a hole in the ground, nuclear explosives can make big holes
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Life improves slowly and goes wrong fast, and only catastrophe is clearly visible.
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When you fight for a desperate cause and have good reasons to fight, you usually win.
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I hate doubt, yet I am certain that doubt is the only way to approach anything worth believing in.
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We must learn to live with contradictions, because they lead to deeper and more effective understanding.
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No endeavor that is worthwhile is simple in prospect; if it is right, it will prove simple in retrospect.
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Secrecy in science does not work. Withholding information does more damage to us than to our competitors.
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Science introduces consistency and simplicity into a world that without them appears confused and random.
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There is no case where ignorance should be preferred to knowledge — especially if the knowledge is terrible.
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It took us eighteen months to build the first nuclear power generator; it now takes twelve years; that's progress.
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I believe that no endeavor that is worthwhile is simple in prospect; if it is right, it will be simple in retrospect.
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What is called understanding is often no more than a state where one has become familiar with what one does not understand.
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Science attempts to find logic and simplicity in nature. Mathematics attempts to establish order and simplicity in human thought.
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Could we have avoided the tragedy of Hiroshima? Could we have started the atomic age with clean hands? No one knows. No one can find out.
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A proof in science does more than eliminate doubt. It eliminates inconsistencies and provides the underlying logical basis of the statement.
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I believe in good. It is an ephemeral and elusive quality. It is the center of my beliefs, but it cannot be strengthened by talking about it.
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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.
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I believe in excellence. It is a basic need of every human soul. All of us can be excellent, because, fortunately, we are exceedingly diverse in our ambitions and talents.
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I claim that relativity and the rest of modern physics is not complicated. It can be explained very simply. It is only unusual or, put another way, it is contrary to common sense.
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My name is not Strangelove. I don't know about Strangelove. I'm not interested in Strangelove. What else can I say?... Look. Say it three times more, and I throw you out of this office.
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A fact is a simple statement that everyone believes. It is innocent, unless found guilty. A hypothesis is a novel suggestion that no one wants to believe. It is guilty, until found effective.
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Be a sinner and sin strongly, but more strongly have faith and rejoice in Christ.
Martin Luther
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Born:
January 15, 1908
Died:
September 9, 2003
(aged 95)
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