What I believe is that, by proper effort, we make the future almost anything we want to make it.
A research problem is not solved by apparatus; it is solved in a man's head.
The sure ways to create new ventures of discovery are to keep an open mind.
I've never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down.
If you want to kill any idea in the world, get a committee working on it.
Every honest researcher I know admits he's just a professional amateur. He's doing whatever he's doing for the first time. That makes him an amateur. He has sense enough to know that he's going to have a lot of trouble, so that makes him a professional.