I can't think that it would be terrible of me to say - and it is occasionally true - that I need physics more than friends.
J. Robert OppenheimerWe do not believe any group of men adequate enough or wise enough to operate without scrutiny or without criticism.
J. Robert OppenheimerYou can certainly destroy enough of humanity so that only the greatest act of faith can persuade you that what's left will be human.
J. Robert OppenheimerTo try to be happy is to try to build a machine with no other specification than that it shall run noiselessly.
J. Robert OppenheimerSubmit an agreement providing for the peaceful absorbtion of a celestial races in such a manner that our culture would remain intact with guarantee that their presence not be revealed." "One must consider the fact that mis-identification of these space craft for a intercontinental missile in a re-entry phase of flight could lead to accidental nuclear war with horrible consequences.
J. Robert Oppenheimer