Comfortable Quote by Kurt Vonnegut

I thought scientists were going to find out exactly how everything worked, and then make it work better. I fully expected that by the…

— Kurt Vonnegut

It was because of my deep concerns about nuclear weapons that I went to Hiroshima. And then I was astounded in Hiroshima to find…

— Robert Jay Lifton

“We were members of a research group with a great interest in nuclear physics and totally devoted to this branch of science--and ironically we…

— Takashi Nagai

Science has nothing to be ashamed of even in the ruins of Nagasaki. The shame is theirs who appeal to other values than the…

— Jacob Bronowski

To the scientist there is the joy in pursuing truth which nearly counteracts the depressing revelations of truth.

— H. P. Lovecraft

What happened at Hiroshima was not only that a scientific breakthrough had occurred and that a great part of the population of a city…

— Archibald MacLeish

The pursuit of truth in science transcends national boundaries. It takes us beyond hatred and anger and fear. It is the best of us.

— Arthur Eddington

Science is so powerful that it drags us kicking and screaming towards the truth despite our best efforts to avoid it.

— Peter Watts

“I have never encountered scientists who admit the simple truth: Our scientific achievements have repeatedly jeopardized humanity.”

— Yuval Kanev, Helpless Earth: Reckless Science

In the first weeks after Hiroshima, extravagant statements by President Truman and other official spokesmen for the U.S. government transformed the inception of the…

— Stewart Udall

Science has promised us truth...It has never promised us either peace or happiness.

— Gustave Le Bon

As scientists, we need to not be afraid of the truth.

— Henry Markram