There are many ways of knocking electrons out of atoms. The simplest is to rub two surfaces together.

A common sense interpretation of the facts suggests that a superintellect has monkeyed with physics.

There are many ways of knocking electrons out of atoms. The simplest is to rub two surfaces together.

It is a mistake to imagine that potentially great men are rare. It is the conditions that permit the promise of greatness to be fulfilled that are rare. What is so difficult to achieve is the cultural background that permits potential greatness to be converted into actual greatness.

It is no more likely that our world has evolved out of chaos than that a hurricane, blowing through a junk yard, should create a Boeing.

The man who voyages strange seas must of necessity be a little unsure of himself. It is the man with the flashy air of knowing everything, who is always with it, that we should beware of.

Here we are in this wholly fantastic universe with scarcely a clue as to whether our existence has any real significance.