A lecture is much more of a dialogue than many of you probably realize.

Quote by George Wald

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The Nobel Prize is an honor unique in the world in having found its way...

The Nobel Prize is an honor unique in the world in having found its way...

The Vietnamese have a secret weapon. It's their willingness to die beyond our willingness to...

The Vietnamese have a secret weapon. It's their willingness to die beyond our willingness to...

I think all of you know there is no adequate defense against massive nuclear attack.

I think all of you know there is no adequate defense against massive nuclear attack.

As you lecture, you keep watching the faces, and information keeps coming back to you...

As you lecture, you keep watching the faces, and information keeps coming back to you...

Nuclear weapons offer us nothing but a balance of terror, and a balance of terror...

Nuclear weapons offer us nothing but a balance of terror, and a balance of terror...

In fact, death seems to have been a rather late invention in evolution. One can...

In fact, death seems to have been a rather late invention in evolution. One can...

I have lived much of my life among molecules. They are good company.

I have lived much of my life among molecules. They are good company.

As far as I know, the most conservative estimates of the number of Americans who...

As far as I know, the most conservative estimates of the number of Americans who...

It's not good enough to give it tender, loving care, to supply it with breakfast...

It's not good enough to give it tender, loving care, to supply it with breakfast...

So-called defense now absorbs sixty per cent of the national budget, and about twelve per...

So-called defense now absorbs sixty per cent of the national budget, and about twelve per...

A scientist should be the happiest of men.

A scientist should be the happiest of men.

All War Departments are now Defense Departments. This is all part of the doubletalk of...

All War Departments are now Defense Departments. This is all part of the doubletalk of...

It would be a poor thing to be an atom in a universe without physicists,...

It would be a poor thing to be an atom in a universe without physicists,...

The only point of government is to safeguard and foster life.

The only point of government is to safeguard and foster life.

A peacetime draft is the most un-American thing I know.

A peacetime draft is the most un-American thing I know.

There is nothing worth having that can he obtained by nuclear war - nothing material...

There is nothing worth having that can he obtained by nuclear war - nothing material...

The thought that we're in competition with Russians or with Chinese is all a mistake,...

The thought that we're in competition with Russians or with Chinese is all a mistake,...

The trouble with most of the things that people want is that they get them.

The trouble with most of the things that people want is that they get them.

Science goes from question to question; big questions, and little, tentative answers. The questions as...

Science goes from question to question; big questions, and little, tentative answers. The questions as...

A scientist is in a sense a learned small boy. There is something of the...

A scientist is in a sense a learned small boy. There is something of the...