A fact is a simple statement that everyone believes. It is innocent, unless found guilty. A hypothesis is a novel suggestion that no one wants to believe. It is guilty, until found effective.

If not for me, the H-bomb would have been developed in Russia first. In the U.S., we'd now be speaking Russian.

In our educational institutions applied science may almost be described as a "no-man's land."

Two paradoxes are better than one they may even suggest a solution.

The science of today is the technology of tomorrow.

I think that intellectuals who end up in hell will have to read page proofs and check indexes there.

The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy; the best weapon of a democracy is openness.