Don't let me catch anyone talking about the Universe in my department.
You should never bet against anything in science at odds of more than about 10-12 to 1.
You know, I am sorry for the poor fellows that haven't got labs to work in.
A good scientific theory should be explicable to a barmaid.
The great object is to find the theory of the matter [of X-rays] before anyone else, for nearly every professor in Europe is now on the warpath.
If, as I have reason to believe, I have disintegrated the nucleus of the atom, this is of greater significance than the war.