Willard Gibbs did for statistical mechanics and for thermodynamics what Laplace did for celestial mechanics and Maxwell did for electrodynamics, namely, made his field a well-nigh finished theoretical structure. — Robert Andrews Millikan Copy Share Image
Just how we fit into the plans of the Great Architect and how much he has assigned us to do we do not know,… — Robert Andrews Millikan Copy Share Image
There is no likelihood man can ever tap the power of the atom. The glib supposition of utilizing atomic energy when our coal has… — Robert Andrews Millikan Copy Share Image
One of the chief inhibitions to human progress arises because of the extreme slowness with which the advances in knowledge become translated into action… — Robert Andrews Millikan Copy Share Image
The fact that Science walks forward on two feet, namely theory and experiment, is nowhere better illustrated than in the two fields for slight… — Robert Andrews Millikan Copy Share Image
Civilization consists in the multiplication and refinement of human wants. — Robert Andrews Millikan Copy Share Image
The pathetic thing about it is that many scientists are trying to prove the doctrine of evolution, which no science can do. — Robert Andrews Millikan Copy Share Image
There is no likelihood that man can ever tap the power of the atom — Robert Andrews Millikan Copy Share Image
To me it is unthinkable that a real atheist could be a scientist. — Robert Andrews Millikan Copy Share Image
Science walks forward on two feet, namely theory and experiment. — Robert Andrews Millikan Copy Share Image
We have been forced to admit for the first time in history not only the possibility of the fact of the growth and decay… — Robert Andrews Millikan Copy Share Image
Cultivate the habit of attention and try to gain opportunities to hear wise men and women talk. Indifference and inattention are the two most… — Robert Andrews Millikan Copy Share Image
The purpose of science is to develop, without prejudice or preconception of any kind, a knowledge of the facts, the laws, and the processes… — Robert Andrews Millikan Copy Share Image
Fullness of knowledge always and necessarily means some understanding of the depths of our ignorance, and that is always conducive to both humility and… — Robert Andrews Millikan Copy Share Image
I conceive the essential task of religion to be "to develop the consciences, the ideals, and the aspirations of mankind". — Robert Andrews Millikan Copy Share Image
