Philosophers say a great deal about what is absolutely necessary for science, and it is always, so far as one can see, rather naive, and probably wrong.

For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.

You see, I get such fun out of thinking that I don't want to destroy this most pleasant machine that makes life such a big kick.

Another of the qualities of science is that it teaches the value of rational thought, as well as the importance of freedom of thought; the positive results that come from doubting that all the lessons are true... Learn from science that you must doubt the experts. As a matter of fact, I can also define science another way: Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts.

The real problem in speech is not precise language. The problem is clear language.

You should not fool the laymen when you're talking as a scientist... . I'm talking about a specific, extra type of integrity that is not lying, but bending over backwards to show how you're maybe wrong, [an integrity] that you ought to have when acting as a scientist. And this is our responsibility as scientists, certainly to other scientists, and I think to laymen.

Science is like sex: sometimes something useful comes out, but that is not the reason we are doing it