Remembrance is the only paradise out of which we cannot be driven away.

I would walk - not run - to the nearest seismograph.

No joy in nature is so sublimely affecting as the joy of a mother at the good fortune of a child.

Only fools, liars, and charlatans predict earthquakes

Refining is inevitable in science when you have made measurements of a phenomenon for a long period of time.

Most loss of life and property has been due to the collapse of antiquated and unsafe structures, mostly of brick and other masonry. ... There is progress of California toward building new construction according to earthquake-resistant design. We would have less reason to ask for earthquake prediction if this was universal.

Spring makes everything young again except man.