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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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...

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,...

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

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

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...

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...

We have to get rid of those nuclear weapons.

We have to get rid of those nuclear weapons.

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...