A physicist is an atom's way of knowing about atoms.

Quote by George Wald

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We have fallen in love with the body. That's that thing that looks back at...

We have fallen in love with the body. That's that thing that looks back at...

I tell my students to try early in life to find an unattainable objective.

I tell my students to try early in life to find an unattainable objective.

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...

You see, every creature alive on the earth today represents an unbroken line of life...

You see, every creature alive on the earth today represents an unbroken line of life...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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 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,...

I am growing old, and my future, so to speak, is already behind me.

I am growing old, and my future, so to speak, is already behind me.

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...

A scientist lives with all reality. There is nothing better.

A scientist lives with all reality. There is nothing better.

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.

Dropping those atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a war crime.

Dropping those atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a war crime.

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.

The only use for an atomic bomb is to keep somebody else from using one.

The only use for an atomic bomb is to keep somebody else from using one.

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...

Since we have had a history, men have pursued an ideal of immortality.

Since we have had a history, men have pursued an ideal of immortality.

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

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