It would be a poor thing to be an atom in a universe without physicists, and physicists are made of atoms. A physicist is an atom's way of knowing about atoms.

Quote by George Wald

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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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

A scientist should be the happiest of men.

A scientist should be the happiest of men.

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

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

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.

We are the products of editing, rather than of authorship.

We are the products of editing, rather than of authorship.

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...

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...

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...

I tell my students to try to know molecules, so well that when they have...

I tell my students to try to know molecules, so well that when they have...

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.

We have to get rid of those nuclear weapons.

We have to get rid of those nuclear weapons.

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.

There's life all over this universe, but the only life in the solar system is...

There's life all over this universe, but the only life in the solar system is...

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.

And, you see, we are living in a world in which all wars are wars...

And, you see, we are living in a world in which all wars are wars...

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...