We are lucky to live in an age in which we are still making discoveries.

During the Middle Ages there were all kinds of crazy ideas, such as that a piece of rhinoceros horn would increase potency. Then a method was discovered for separating the ideas - which was to try one to see if it worked, and if it didn't work, to eliminate it. This method became organized, of course, into science.

The other thing that gives a scientific man the creeps in the world today are the methods of choosing leaders - in every nation. Today, for example, in the United States, the two political parties have decided to employ public relations men, that is, advertising men, who are trained in the necessary methods of telling the truth or lying in order to develop a product.

It is important to realize that in physics today, we have no knowledge of what energy is

The electron is a theory. But the theory is so good we can almost consider them real.

Outside of their particular area of expertise scientists are just as dumb as the next person.

The theoretical broadening which comes from having many humanities subjects on the campus is offset by the general dopiness of the people who study these things.