It is not always possible to know what one has learned, or when the dawning will arrive. You will continue read more

It is not always possible to know what one has learned, or when the dawning will arrive. You will continue to shift, sift, to shake out and to double back. The synthesis that finally occurs can be in the most unexpected place and the most unexpected time. My charge ... is to be alert to the dawnings.

As nuclear and other technological achievements continue to mount, the normal life span will continue to climb. The hourly productivity read more

As nuclear and other technological achievements continue to mount, the normal life span will continue to climb. The hourly productivity of the worker will increase.

Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant.

Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant.

Ideas are fatal to caste.

Ideas are fatal to caste.

Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.

Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.

Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. It encourages a man to be expansive, read more

Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. It encourages a man to be expansive, even reckless, while lie detectors are only a challenge to tell lies successfully.

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.

Not even computers will replace committees, because committees buy computers.

Not even computers will replace committees, because committees buy computers.

A science is any discipline in which the fool of this generation can go beyond the point reached by the read more

A science is any discipline in which the fool of this generation can go beyond the point reached by the genius of the last generation.