You should never bet against anything in science at odds of more than about 10-12 to 1.
Ernest RutherfordThe only possible conclusion the social sciences can draw is: some do, some don't.
Ernest RutherfordI must confess it was very unexpected and I am very startled at my metamorphosis into a chemist.
Ernest RutherfordThe 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.
Ernest Rutherford