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Edward Teller Quotes

Best Quotes by Edward Teller (Top 8)

  1. When you get to the end of all the light you know and it's time to step into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing that one of two things shall happen: either you will be given something solid to stand on, or you will be taught how to fly.
  2. A fact is a simple statement that everyone believes. It is innocent, unless found guilty. A hypothesis is a novel suggestion that no one wants to believe. It is guilty, until found effective.
  3. The science of today is the technology of tomorrow.
  4. Science attempts to find logic and simplicity in nature. Mathematics attempts to establish order and simplicity in human thought.
  5. No endeavor that is worthwhile is simple in prospect; if it is right, it will be simple in retrospect.
  6. Secrecy, once accepted, becomes an addiction.
  7. Two paradoxes are better than one; they may even suggest a solution.
  8. The main purpose of science is simplicity and as we understand more things, everything is becoming simpler.