It is not good to try to stop knowledge from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge.

The fundamental point in fabricating a chain reacting machine is of course to see to it that each fission produces a certain number of neutrons and some of these neutrons will again produce fission.

Experimental confirmation of a prediction is merely a measurement. An experiment disproving a prediction is a discovery.

Before I came here I was confused about this subject. Having listened to your lecture I am still confused. But on a higher level.

There are two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery.

Never underestimate the joy people derive from hearing something they already know.

I remember my friend Johnny von Neumann used to say, 'with four parameters I can fit an elephant and with five I can make him wiggle his trunk.'

[on what characteristics Nobel prize winning physicists had in common] I cannot think of a single one, not even intelligence.

An experiment disproving a prediction is discovery.

Whatever Nature has in store for mankind, unpleasant as it may be, men must accept, for ignorance is never better than knowledge.

Ignorance is never better than knowledge

As a nation we should look more carefully at how our fear of future acts of terrorism is undermining our quality of life.

In half hour my mother has managed to give me what my father couldn't: my past.

The American people might have a criminal syndicate running their government.

My knowledge of horror films is pathetic because I can't really watch them.

I've been prepping for my role as Medusa.

I shouldn't have to ask for your permission for me to put you in my lie!

Do what you do for the sheer joy of it, Do what you choose,not what someone else chooses for you.

Clothes do not make the man; friends and engagement with life do.

It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place.

Let me spell my name out for you, it's Ricky: R: Ravishing, I: Impress, C: Courageous or Careless, K: for the Kangols which I've got, That I wear everyday and Y: Why not?