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

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.

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.

Don't wait for extraordinary circumstance to do good; try to use ordinary situations.

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

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

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