Calculate the fine structure constant from first principles.

Time is what keeps things from happening all at once.

That is the key to history. Terrific energy is expended - civilizations are built up - excellent institutions devised

Describing Robert Bunsen:As an investigator he was great, as a teacher he was greater, as a man and friend he was greatest.

Keeping an active mind has been vital to my survival, as has been maintaining a sense of humor.

Caress your phrase tenderly; it will end by smiling at you.

You go into the disease as one person and come out of it as a different person. It has changed my perspective on everything. Things that used to upset me no longer do.

Oh, I was never a very big Jim Woodring fan. I've never thought his work was that great.

From my subjective position, there was no honeymoon.

You will remember some of what you hear; much of what you read; more of what you see, and almost all of what you experience and understand fully.

Spice a dish with love and it pleases every palate.