You see, every creature alive on the earth today represents an unbroken line of life that stretches back to the first primitive organism to appear on this planet; and that is about three billion years.

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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...

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.

Our business is with life, not death.

Our business is with life, not death.

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 scientist should be the happiest of men.

A scientist should be the happiest of men.

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

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

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.

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 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.

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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

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