Byrnes... was concerned about Russia's postwar behavior. Russian troops had moved into Hungary and Rumania, and Byrnes thought it would be very difficult to persuade Russia to withdraw her troops from these countries, that Russia might be more manageable if impressed by American military might, and that a demonstration of the bomb might impress Russia.

Do your work for six years; but in the seventh, go into solitude or among strangers, so that the memory of your friends does not hinder you from being what you have become.

You may assume infinite ignorance and unlimited intelligence.

If you want to succeed in the world, you don't have to be much cleverer than other people. You just have to be one day earlier.

If one knows only what one is told, one does not know enough to be able to arrive at a well-balanced decision.

Pronouncement of experts to the effect that something cannot be done has always irritated me.

In science it is not enough to think of an important problem on which to work. It is also necessary to know the means which could be used to investigate the problem.