The extinction of the human race will come from its inability to EMOTIONALLY comprehend the exponential function.

Physics is, hopefully, simple. Physicists are not.

When you come to the end of all the light you know, and it's time to step into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing that one of two things shall happen: either you will be given something solid to stand on or you will be taught to fly.

If there ever was a misnomer, it is "exact science." Science has always been full of mistakes. The present day is no exception. And our mistakes are good mistakes; they require a genius to correct. Of course, we do not see our own mistakes.

When you're certain you cannot be fooled, you become easy to fool.

There's no system foolproof enough to defeat a sufficiently great fool.

Had we not pursued the hydrogen bomb, there is a very real threat that we would now all be speaking Russian. I have no regrets.