A Good Scientific Theory Should Be Explicable

We Are Rather Like Children, Who Must Take A Watch To Pieces To See How It Works.

If, As I Have Reason To Believe, I Have Disintegrated The Nucleus Of The Atom, This Is Of Greater Significance Than The War.

Don't Let Me Catch Anyone Talking About The Universe In My Department.

Gentlemen, We Have Run Out Of Money. It Is Time To Start Thinking.

It Was Almost As Incredible As If You Fired A 15-inch Shell At A Piece Of Tissue Paper And It Came Back And Hit You.