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

The science of today is the technology of tomorrow.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Efforts are meant to optimize, not to waste. The right time to optimize it is when others are open to giving their buy-ins to participate.

There is a great difference between satisfaction and satiation.

Literature for me isn't a workaday job, but something which involves desires, dreams and fantasy.

It is far easier for a woman to lead a blameless life than it is for a man; all she has to do is to avoid sexual intercourse like the plague.

I get thirsty people glasses of water, even if that thirsty person is just me.

The first thing in all progress is to leave something behind.

I would say that financial markets are very inefficient, and capable of extremes of being completely dysfunctional.

For some reason, cats are usually addressed familiarly, though no cat has ever drunk bruderschaft with anyone.

Continued work and application form my soul's nourishment. So soon as I commenced to rest and relax I should cease to live.

The Lord is always there waiting to give us his love: it is an amazing thing, one which never ceases to surprise us!