Never Say, "i Tried It Once And

Splitting The Atom Is Like Trying To Shoot A Gnat In The Albert Hall At Night And Using Ten Million Rounds Of Ammunition On The Off Chance Of Getting It. That Should Convince You That The Atom Will Always Be A Sink Of Energy And Never A Reservoir Of Energy.

Never Say, "i Tried It Once And It Did Not Work."

The Year 1896 ... Marked The Beginning Of What Has Been Aptly Termed The Heroic Age Of Physical Science. Never Before In The History Of Physics Has There Been Witnessed Such A Period Of Intense Activity When Discoveries Of Fundamental Importance Have Followed One Another With Such Bewildering Rapidity.

The Great Object Is To Find The Theory Of The Matter [of X-rays] Before Anyone Else, For Nearly Every Professor In Europe Is Now On The Warpath.

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.