Nature is what we know. We do not know the gods of religions. And nature is not kind, or merciful, or loving. If God made me - the fabled God of the three qualities of which I spoke: mercy, kindness, love - He also made the fish I catch and eat. And where do His mercy, kindness, and love for that fish come in? No; nature made us - nature did it all - not the gods of the religions.

I believe in the existence of a Supreme Intelligence pervading the Universe.

The three things that are most essential to achievement are common sense, hard work and stick-to-it-iv-ness.

Through all the years of experimenting and research, I never once made a discovery. I start where the last man left off... All my work was deductive, and the results I achieved were those of invention pure and simple.

Because ideas have to be original only with regard to their adaptation to the problem at hand, I am always extremely interested in how others have used used them.

Before you reject an idea, find at least five good things about it.

Having a vision for what you want is not enough...Vision without execution is hallucination