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

Quote by George Wald

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

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

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

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

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...

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,...

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...

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 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...

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

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

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...

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...

A scientist should be the happiest of men.

A scientist should be the happiest of men.

We have to get rid of those nuclear weapons.

We have to get rid of those nuclear weapons.

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...

To know reality is to accept it, and eventually to love it.

To know reality is to accept it, and eventually to love it.

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...

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...

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...

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.