Only fools, liars, and charlatans predict earthquakes

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.

Lately there have been complaints that the use of the magnitude scale is confusing, or at least the reporting of magnitudes in the newspapers 'confuses the public.

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

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

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

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.