Power & Society Sayings

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

I have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term Natural Selection.

I could hear a fly walking across the room.

The greatest victory is that over oneself.

The philosopher should be a man willing to listen to every suggestion, but determined to judge for himself.

The nation that secures control of the air will ultimately control the world.

Hell, there are no rules here—we're trying to accomplish something.

My father was a director of the local gymnasium, and my mother was a woman of strong character and great intelligence.

The freedom of thought and speech must be preserved in all circumstances.

Light and justice are not goods, but they are the condition of goods.

If we were to take the wave function to be a complete description of reality, then the living and dead cat would indeed be equally real.

I have been trying to invent a demon who could violate the second law of thermodynamics, but he keeps getting drunk on entropy.

One sometimes finds what one is not looking for.

The fight against cholera is a fight against ignorance and prejudice.

It's a pity that scientific recognition often comes with so much struggle and politics.

People say, 'What about the poor people?' I say, 'They're not going to be any poorer.'

One of the most striking features of the universe is that it is so empty.

The future will judge my work more fairly than the present.

The atomic bomb is a terrible weapon. But it is also a symbol of hope.

We may be living in a world where the future is already written, but we still have the power to change it.