"Thermodynamics is a funny subject. The first time you go through it, you don't understand it at all. The second time you go through it, you think you understand it, except for one or two small points.…"

"The scientist's task is to find the laws of nature, not to invent them."

"All great discoveries are made by men whose feelings run ahead of their thinking."

"The history of science shows that even the most firmly established theories can be overturned by new discoveries."

"Science advances funeral by funeral."