By having simplified what is known, physicists have been led into realms which as yet are anything but simple. That at some… — Edward Teller Copy Share Image
I believe in good. It is an ephemeral and elusive quality. It is the center of my beliefs, but it cannot be strengthened by… — Edward Teller Copy Share Image
The main purpose of science is simplicity and as we understand more things, everything is becoming simpler. — Edward Teller Copy Share Image
By having simplified what is known, physicists have been led into realms which as yet are anything but simple. That at some time, they,… — Edward Teller Copy Share Image
Really exotic methods of propulsion . . . will have to be devised to get there. How it will be done, I do not… — Edward Teller Copy Share Image
Today, nothing is unusual about a scientific discovery's being followed soon after by a technical application: The discovery of electrons led to electronics; fission… — Edward Teller Copy Share Image
Society's emissions of carbon dioxide may or may not turn out to have something significant to do with global warming-the jury is still out. — Edward Teller Copy Share Image
Had we not pursued the hydrogen bomb, there is a very real threat that we would now all be speaking Russian. I have no… — Edward Teller Copy Share Image
“Engineers are, by definition, people whose work is dedicated to making people's lives easier; or, as people used to say, whose work is dedicated… — Edward Teller Copy Share Image
My experience has been in a short 77 years that in the end when you fight for a desperate cause and have good reasons… — Edward Teller Copy Share Image
I hate doubt, yet I am certain that doubt is the only way to approach anything worth believing in. — Edward Teller Copy Share Image
It is often claimed that knowledge multiplies so rapidly that nobody can follow it. I believe this is incorrect. At least in science it… — Edward Teller Copy Share Image
