An idea is the only level which moves the world.

An idea is the only level which moves the world.

Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to read more

Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done.

What is a scientist after all? It is a curious man looking through a keyhole, the keyhole of nature, trying read more

What is a scientist after all? It is a curious man looking through a keyhole, the keyhole of nature, trying to know what's going on.

All science is either physics or stamp collecting. -E. Rutherford.

All science is either physics or stamp collecting. -E. Rutherford.

It is much better to have your gold in the hand than in the heart.

It is much better to have your gold in the hand than in the heart.

The two most common things in the universe are hydrogen and human stupidity.

The two most common things in the universe are hydrogen and human stupidity.

Research is the process of going up alleys to see if they are blind.

Research is the process of going up alleys to see if they are blind.

The cell phone has transformed public places into giant phone-a-thons in which callers exist within narcissistic cocoons of private conversations. read more

The cell phone has transformed public places into giant phone-a-thons in which callers exist within narcissistic cocoons of private conversations. Like faxes, computer modems and other modern gadgets that have clogged out lives with phony urgency, cell phones represent the 20th Century's escalation of imaginary need. We didn't need cell phones until we had them. Clearly, cell phones cause not only a breakdown of courtesy, but the atrophy of basic skills.

The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a read more

The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us.