Extraordinary Quote by Ian Hacking

“My family never talks about feelings, and we certainly never talk about plutonium. It's hard to take something seriously if you can't see it,…

— Kristen Iversen

The real problem is in the hearts and minds of men. It is not a problem of physics but of ethics. It is easier…

— Albert Einstein

“Plutonium is the darling and the demon of the nuclear age.”

— Kristen Iversen

What's all this fuss about plutonium? How can something named after a Disney character be dangerous?

— Johnny Carson

Once we open the door to the plutonium economy, we expose ourselves to absolutely terrible, horrifying risks from these people.

— David R. Brower

Plutonium is so hazardous that if you had a fully developed nuclear economy with breeder reactors fueled with plutonium, and you managed to contain…

— John Gofman

“Plutonium may give you grief for thousands of years, but Arsenic is for ever.”

— Terry Pratchett

It is easier to denature plutonium than to denature the evil spirit of man.

— Albert Einstein

My recent activities have been concentrated on criticism on and actions against Japan's and worldwide plutonium programs, since it is, as I believe, one…

— Jinzaburo Takagi

Here seems now no reasonable justification for continuing any civil plutonium program.

— Jinzaburo Takagi

“The plays should have the half-life of plutonium.”

— Suzan-Lori Parks

There are many different kinds of radioactive waste and each has its own half-life so, just to be on the safe side and to…

— David R. Brower