The technology [semiconductors] which has transformed practical existence is largely an application of what was discovered by these allegedly irresponsible [natural] philosophers.

[Science is] an imaginative adventure of the mind seeking truth in a world of mystery.

Chemistry: that most excellent child of intellect and art.

Truth is a thing immortal and perpetual, and it gives to us a beauty that fades not away in time.

Curiously, once technology gets boring, the social effects get interesting.

Man who want pretty nurse, must be patient.

For the first time in history, we declared war without financing it. Americans have not been asked to pay for it through taxes.

Criticism is an indirect form of self-boasting.

If by happiness you mean instead an ordinary contentment, then yes - I'm fairly contented. Not satisfied - contented.

That's what I feel like I'm called to do - to plant a seed of hope in people's hearts.

I sang those old gospel songs for my mother, and she said, is that you? And I said, yes, ma'am. And she came over and put her arms around me and said, God's got his hands on you.

I think that everything I've ever done at some point is part of someone else's legacy.

As knowledge grew, fear decreased; men thought less of worshiping the unknown, and more of overcoming it.