"Pronouncement of experts to the effect that something……" — Leo Szilard
"Pronouncement of experts to the effect that something cannot be done has always irritated me."
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Leo Szilard
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14 Quotes by Leo Szilard
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I have been asked whether I would agree that the tragedy of the scientist is that he is able to…
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A scientist's aim in a discussion with his colleagues is not to persuade, but to clarify.
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Don't lie if you don't have to.
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If one knows only what one is told, one does not know enough to be able to arrive at a…
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A great power imposes the obligation of exercising restraint, and we did not live up to this obligation. I think…
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Even if we accept, as the basic tenet of true democracy, that one moron is equal to one genius, is…
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If the thickness is larger than the critical value I can produce an explosion.
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Those individuals who give moral considerations a much greater weight than considerations of expediency represent a comparatively small minority, five…
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Byrnes... was concerned about Russia's postwar behavior. Russian troops had moved into Hungary and Rumania, and Byrnes thought it would…
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I'm all in favor of the democratic principle that one idiot is as good as one genius, but I draw…
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If you want to succeed in the world, you don't have to be much cleverer than other people. You just…
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Do your work for six years; but in the seventh, go into solitude or among strangers, so that the memory…
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