There is a race between mankind and the universe. Mankind is trying to build bigger, better, faster, and more foolproof machines. The universe is trying to build bigger, better, and faster fools. So far the universe is winning.

Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it ... he who doesn't ... pays it.

No path leads from a knowledge of that which is to that which should be.

The most important method of education always has consisted of that in which the pupil was urged to actual performance.

With fame I become more and more stupid, which of course is a very common phenomenon.

Einstein was once asked how many feet are in a mile. Einstein's reply was "I don't know, why should I fill my brain with facts I can find in two minutes in any standard reference book?

Nuclear power is one hell of a way to boil water