There are many stories of atomic bomb veterans never being…

If our inconceivably ancient universe even had any beginning, the conditions determining that beginning must even now be engraved in the atomic weights.

— Theodore William Richards

“The void is 'not-being,' and no part of 'what is' is a 'not-being,'; for what 'is' in the strict sense of the term is…

— Aristotle

The atomic weapons race and the secrecy surrounding it crushed American democracy. It induced us to conduct government according to lies. It distorted justice.…

— Stewart Udall

“Master radiation and you will be able to master modern human illnesses and diseases.”

— Steven Magee

The way to win an atomic war is to make certain it never starts.

— Omar N. Bradley

Elements and birthdays have been intertwined for me since boyhood, when I learned about atomic numbers.

— Oliver Sacks

Alice Munro is an atomic writer blasting doors into narrative time.

— David Means

There is a tic and toc in atomic.

— Rush

“Hiroshima and Nagasaki were atomized at a time when the Japanese were suing desperately for peace. ”

— David Dellinger

The 20th century was a test bed for big ideas - fascism, communism, the atomic bomb.

— P. J. O'Rourke

The Atomic Age is here to stay - but are we?

— Bennett Cerf

The whole edifice of modern physics is built up on the fundamental hypothesis of the atomic or molecular constitution of matter.

— C. V. Raman

The only use for an atomic bomb is to keep somebody else from using one.

— George Wald

No scientific subject has ever aroused quite the same mixture of hopes and fears [as atomic energy].

— Edward Victor Appleton

The tragic nuclear accident at Fukushima underscored the urgent need to enhance nuclear safety and the international emergency response framework. I commend the International…

— Ban Ki-moon