Indeed, the very first resolution of the General Assembly of the United Nations - adopted unanimously - called for the elimination of nuclear weapons.

But scientists on both sides of the iron curtain played a very significant role in maintaining the momentum of the nuclear arms race throughout the four decades of the Cold War.

The present basic philosophy is nuclear deterrence.

I did not imagine that the second half of my life would be spent on efforts to avert a mortal danger to humanity created by science.

But the nuclear powers still cling tenaciously to their weapons.

The cold war is over, but cold war thinking survives.

I saw science as being in harmony with humanity.

I appeal to my fellow scientists to remember their responsibility to humanity.

My third appeal is to my fellow citizens in all countries: Help us to establish lasting peace in the world.

This is the reality of nuclear weapons: they may trigger a world war; a war which, unlike previous ones, destroys all of civilization.

Long before the terrifying potential of the arms race was recognized, there was a widespread instinctive abhorrence of nuclear weapons, and a strong desire to get rid of them.

History is littered with the wars everybody knew could never happen.

Writing fluency sometimes needs an intense agony somewhere in your mind

Think well. Speak well. Do well. These three things, through the mercy of God, will make a man go to Heaven.

I think President Bush is a moron! I think that the only reason he was voted into office is because his family is a very founded political family and they have a lot of power in the world.

I wish I could always look like I've just finished a really good laugh.

Book lovers will understand me, and they will know too that part of the pleasure of a library lies in its very existence.

Live and die on this day... Live and die on this day.

Genius inspires this thirst for fame: there is no blessing undesired by those to whom Heaven gave the means of winning it.

I'm sure we're going to find out one day that the brain is as worthless as the appendix.

I just could just shave my beard, and nobody would recognize me. Although I look like Jodie Foster.