The way to get good ideas is to get lots of ideas and throw the bad ones away.

You can't have good ideas unless you have lots of ideas.

Do unto others 20% better than you would expect them to do unto you, to correct for subjective error.

Nations keep agreements, keep their treaties so long as they continue to do them good.

Life is a relationship among molecules and not a property of any molecule.

There is no safe amount of radiation. Even small amounts do harm.

I recognize that many physicists are smarter than I am-most of them theoretical physicists. A lot of smart people have gone into theoretical physics, therefore the field is extremely competitive. I console myself with the thought that although they may be smarter and may be deeper thinkers than I am, I have broader interests than they have.