The Nobel Prize is an honor unique in the world in having found its way into the hearts and minds of simple people everywhere. It casts a light of peace and reason upon us all; and for that I am…

Quote by George Wald

Topics: George Wald Quotes

We have to get rid of those nuclear weapons.

We have to get rid of those nuclear weapons.

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

We've committed many war crimes in Vietnam - but I'll tell you something interesting about...

We've committed many war crimes in Vietnam - but I'll tell you something interesting about...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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.

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.