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

It is a common remark that men talk most who think least; just as frogs cease their quacking when a light is brought to the water-side.

[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.

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

As seismologists gained more experience from earthquake records, it became obvious that the problem could not be reduced to a single peak acceleration. In fact, a full frequency of vibrations occurs.

Spring makes everything young again except man.

The usual designation of the magnitude scale to my name does less than justice to the great part that Dr. Gutenberg played in extending the scale to apply to earthquakes in all parts of the world.