[In plotting earthquake measurements] the range between the largest and smallest magnitudes seemed unmanageably large. Dr. Beno Gutenberg then made the natural suggestion to plot the amplitudes logarithmically.

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

Nothing is less predictable than the development of an active scientific field.

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.

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

Only fools, liars, and charlatans predict earthquakes

[In plotting earthquake measurements] the range between the largest and smallest magnitudes seemed unmanageably large. Dr. Beno Gutenberg then made the natural suggestion to plot the amplitudes logarithmically.