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

The main purpose of science is simplicity and as we understand more things, everything is becoming simpler.

My experience has been in a short 77 years that in the end when you fight for a desperate cause and have good reasons to fight, you usually win.

Secrecy, once accepted, becomes an addiction.

When Columbus took off, the purpose was to improve trade relations with China. That problem has not been solved to this very day, but just look at the by-products.

If anyone wants a hole in the ground, nuclear explosives can make big holes

I am guilty of the great crime of optimism.