Edward Teller Quotes

Physics is the only profession in which prophecy is not only accurate but routine.

I thought I should study physics because it's fundamental to all science.

The universe is governed by science. But science tells us that we can't solve the equations, directly in the abstract.

There are 15 main theories in physics, and we know all of them. If there weren't a finite number of theories, there would not be a point to physics.

Physics is experience, arranged in economical order.

Physics is not a religion. If it were, we’d have a much easier time raising money.

I love physics because it's neat and it's orderly in its own peculiar way.

I have emphasized experiments more than theory. Of course, we need some theory when thinking of soft matter.

Physics is a hobby of mine, as much as a person of limited intelligence can understand physics.

I'm not a science fiction writer, I'm a physicist.

All science is either physics or stamp collecting.

I believe there are no questions that science can't answer about a physical universe.

Physics is nothing but the ABC's. Nature is an equation with an unknown, a Hebrew word which is written only with consonants to which reason has to add the dots.

From an early age, I knew I would become a scientist. It may have been my brother Sam's doing. He interested me in the laws of falling bodies when I was ten and helped my father equip a basement chemistry lab for me when I was fifteen. I became skilled in the synthesis of selenium halides.

I chose to pursue a career in physics because there the truth isn't so easily bent.

Laws of physics don't necessarily apply to real-life political situations.

Doing physics is a lot of fun if you like it.

Truth in science can be defined as the working hypothesis best suited to open the way to the next better one.

A physicist is just an atom's way of looking at itself.

Science means simply the aggregate of all the recipes that are always successful. All the rest is literature.

Science by itself is about numbers, and it's about measuring things. It's very important but it's very dry.

Science is not a thing. It's a verb. It's a way of thinking about things. It's a way of looking for natural explanations for all phenomena.

I always wanted to be a scientist. I don't really have any writer friends.

Physics is becoming too difficult for the physicists.

Brian and I were both science students. You know science sort of math and physics side, you know.