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Edward Teller Quotes: "Secrecy in science does not work. Withholding information does more damage to us than to our competitors."

Secrecy in science does not work. Withholding information does more damage to us than to our competitors.



Edward Teller Quotes: "There's no system foolproof enough to defeat a sufficiently great fool."

There's no system foolproof enough to defeat a sufficiently great fool.




Edward Teller Quotes: "I believe in evil. It is the property of all those who are certain of truth. Despair and fanaticism are only differing manifestations of evil."

I believe in evil. It is the property of all those who are certain of truth. Despair and fanaticism are only differing manifestations of evil.



Edward Teller Quotes: "The extinction of the human race will come from its inability to EMOTIONALLY comprehend the exponential function."

The extinction of the human race will come from its inability to EMOTIONALLY comprehend the exponential function.




Edward Teller Quotes: "Science attempts to find logic and simplicity in nature. Mathematics attempts to establish order and simplicity in human thought."

Science attempts to find logic and simplicity in nature. Mathematics attempts to establish order and simplicity in human thought.



Edward Teller Quotes: "No endeavor that is worthwhile is simple in prospect; if it is right, it will be simple in retrospect."

No endeavor that is worthwhile is simple in prospect; if it is right, it will be simple in retrospect.



Edward Teller Quotes: "We must learn to live with contradictions, because they lead to deeper and more effective understanding."

We must learn to live with contradictions, because they lead to deeper and more effective understanding.




Edward Teller Quotes: "I think that intellectuals who end up in hell will have to read page proofs and check indexes there."

I think that intellectuals who end up in hell will have to read page proofs and check indexes there.



Edward Teller Quotes: "Had we not pursued the hydrogen bomb, there is a very real threat that we would now all be speaking Russian. I have no regrets."

Had we not pursued the hydrogen bomb, there is a very real threat that we would now all be speaking Russian. I have no regrets.



Edward Teller Quotes: "A fact is a simple statement that everyone believes. It is innocent, unless found guilty. A hypothesis is a novel suggestion that no one wants to believe. It is guilty, until found effective."

A fact is a simple statement that everyone believes. It is innocent, unless found guilty. A hypothesis is a novel suggestion that no one wants to believe. It is guilty, until found effective.



Edward Teller Quotes: "The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy; the best weapon of a democracy is openness."

The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy; the best weapon of a democracy is openness.



Edward Teller Quotes: "In the theater you create a moment, but in that moment, there is a touch, a twinkle of eternity. And not just eternity, but community. . . . That connection is a sense of life for me."

In the theater you create a moment, but in that moment, there is a touch, a twinkle of eternity. And not just eternity, but community. . . . That connection is a sense of life for me.




Edward Teller Quotes: "I hate doubt, yet I am certain that doubt is the only way to approach anything worth believing in."

I hate doubt, yet I am certain that doubt is the only way to approach anything worth believing in.



Edward Teller Quotes: "I believe in good. It is an ephemeral and elusive quality. It is the center of my beliefs, but it cannot be strengthened by talking about it."

I believe in good. It is an ephemeral and elusive quality. It is the center of my beliefs, but it cannot be strengthened by talking about it.



Edward Teller Quotes: "I believe in excellence. It is a basic need of every human soul. All of us can be excellent, because, fortunately, we are exceedingly diverse in our ambitions and talents."

I believe in excellence. It is a basic need of every human soul. All of us can be excellent, because, fortunately, we are exceedingly diverse in our ambitions and talents.



Edward Teller Quotes: "When Columbus took off, the purpose was to improve trade relations with China. That problem has not been solved to this very day, but just look at the by-products."

When Columbus took off, the purpose was to improve trade relations with China. That problem has not been solved to this very day, but just look at the by-products.



Edward Teller Quotes: "There is a time for scientists and movie stars and those who have flown the atlantic to restrain their opinions lest they be taken more seriously than they should be."

There is a time for scientists and movie stars and those who have flown the atlantic to restrain their opinions lest they be taken more seriously than they should be.



Edward Teller Quotes: "Secrecy, once accepted, becomes an addiction."

Secrecy, once accepted, becomes an addiction.



Edward Teller Quotes: "U.S. has lost a battle more important and greater than Pearl Harbor."

U.S. has lost a battle more important and greater than Pearl Harbor.



Edward Teller Quotes: "Really exotic methods of propulsion . . . will have to be devised to get there. How it will be done, I do not know. Whether it will be done, I am not quite certain. But I would bet it can be done."

Really exotic methods of propulsion . . . will have to be devised to get there. How it will be done, I do not know. Whether it will be done, I am not quite certain. But I would bet it can be done.



Edward Teller Quotes: "I am guilty of the great crime of optimism."

I am guilty of the great crime of optimism.



Edward Teller Quotes: "Life improves slowly and goes wrong fast, and only catastrophe is clearly visible."

Life improves slowly and goes wrong fast, and only catastrophe is clearly visible.



Edward Teller Quotes: "When you're certain you cannot be fooled, you become easy to fool."

When you're certain you cannot be fooled, you become easy to fool.



Edward Teller Quotes: "I claim that relativity and the rest of modern physics is not complicated. It can be explained very simply. It is only unusual or, put another way, it is contrary to common sense."

I claim that relativity and the rest of modern physics is not complicated. It can be explained very simply. It is only unusual or, put another way, it is contrary to common sense.



Edward Teller Quotes: "My experience has been in a short 77 years that in the end when you fight for a desperate cause and have good reasons to fight, you usually win."

My experience has been in a short 77 years that in the end when you fight for a desperate cause and have good reasons to fight, you usually win.



Edward Teller Quotes: "The main purpose of science is simplicity and as we understand more things, everything is becoming simpler."

The main purpose of science is simplicity and as we understand more things, everything is becoming simpler.



Edward Teller Quotes: "I tried to contribute to the defeat of the Soviets. If I contributed 1%, it is 1% of something enormous."

I tried to contribute to the defeat of the Soviets. If I contributed 1%, it is 1% of something enormous.



Edward Teller Quotes: "No, I'm the infamous Edward Teller."

No, I'm the infamous Edward Teller.



Edward Teller Quotes: "In our educational institutions applied science may almost be described as a "no-man's land.""

In our educational institutions applied science may almost be described as a "no-man's land."



Edward Teller Quotes: "Physics without mathematics is meaningless."

Physics without mathematics is meaningless.



Edward Teller Quotes: "One may say that predictions are dangerous particularly for the future. If the danger involved in a prediction is not incurred, no consequence follows and the uncertainty principle is not violated."

One may say that predictions are dangerous particularly for the future. If the danger involved in a prediction is not incurred, no consequence follows and the uncertainty principle is not violated.



Edward Teller Quotes: "Physics is, hopefully, simple. Physicists are not."

Physics is, hopefully, simple. Physicists are not.



Edward Teller Quotes: "There is no case where ignorance should be preferred to knowledge - especially if the knowledge is terrible."

There is no case where ignorance should be preferred to knowledge - especially if the knowledge is terrible.



Edward Teller Quotes: "Society's emissions of carbon dioxide may or may not turn out to have something significant to do with global warming-the jury is still out."

Society's emissions of carbon dioxide may or may not turn out to have something significant to do with global warming-the jury is still out.



Edward Teller Quotes: "[Chemistry] laboratory work was my first challenge. ... I still carry the scars of my first discovery-that test-tubes are fragile."

[Chemistry] laboratory work was my first challenge. ... I still carry the scars of my first discovery-that test-tubes are fragile.



Edward Teller Quotes: "Two paradoxes are better than one they may even suggest a solution."

Two paradoxes are better than one they may even suggest a solution.



Edward Teller Quotes: "A state-of-the-art calculation requires 100 hours of CPU time on the state-of-the-art computer, independent of the decade."

A state-of-the-art calculation requires 100 hours of CPU time on the state-of-the-art computer, independent of the decade.



Edward Teller Quotes: "If anyone wants a hole in the ground, nuclear explosives can make big holes"

If anyone wants a hole in the ground, nuclear explosives can make big holes



Edward Teller Quotes: "Today's science is tomorrow's technology."

Today's science is tomorrow's technology.



Edward Teller Quotes: "Could we have avoided the tragedy of Hiroshima? Could we have started the atomic age with clean hands? No one knows. No one can find out."

Could we have avoided the tragedy of Hiroshima? Could we have started the atomic age with clean hands? No one knows. No one can find out.



Edward Teller Quotes: "If not for me, the H-bomb would have been developed in Russia first. In the U.S., we'd now be speaking Russian."

If not for me, the H-bomb would have been developed in Russia first. In the U.S., we'd now be speaking Russian.



Edward Teller Quotes: "The eyes of childhood are magnifying lenses."

The eyes of childhood are magnifying lenses.



Edward Teller Quotes: "Most people avoid thinking if they can, some of us are addicted to thinking, but Von Neumann actually enjoyed thinking, maybe even to the exclusion of everything else."

Most people avoid thinking if they can, some of us are addicted to thinking, but Von Neumann actually enjoyed thinking, maybe even to the exclusion of everything else.