Splitting the atom is like trying to shoot a gnat in the Albert Hall at night and using ten million rounds of ammunition on the off chance of getting it. That should convince you that the atom will always be a sink of energy and never a reservoir of energy.

All of physics is either impossible or trivial. It is impossible until you understand it, and then it becomes trivial.

The year 1896 ... marked the beginning of what has been aptly termed the heroic age of Physical Science. Never before in the history of physics has there been witnessed such a period of intense activity when discoveries of fundamental importance have followed one another with such bewildering rapidity.

The only possible conclusion the social sciences can draw is: some do, some don't.

Never say, "I tried it once and it did not work."

That which is not measurable is not science. That which is not physics is stamp collecting.

The more physics you have the less engineering you need.