In every area of the world where there is earthquake risk, there are still many buildings of this type; it is very frustrating to try to get rid of them.

it is good to have measured myself, to recognize my limitations.

According to Democritus, truth lies at the bottom of a well, the water of which serves as a mirror in which objects may be reflected. I have heard, however, that some philosophers, in seeking for truth, to pay homage to her, have seen their own image and adored it instead.

The laboratory routine, which involves a great deal of measurement, filing, and tabulation, is either my lifeline or my chief handicap, I hardly know which.

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

The rose does not bloom without thorns. True, but would that the thorns did not outlive the rose.

If one introduces the concept of energy of an earthquake then that is a theoretically derived quantity.