“An experiment disproving a prediction is discovery.”

When asked what he meant by a miracle: Oh, anything with a probability of less than 20%.

Ignorance is never better than knowledge.

It does not say in the Bible that all laws of nature are expressible linearly!

There are two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you’ve made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you’ve made a discovery.

The fundamental point in fabricating a chain reacting machine is of course to see to it that each fission produces a certain number of neutrons and some of these neutrons will again produce fission.

Where is everybody? Humans could theoretically colonize the galaxy in a million years or so, and if they could, astronauts from older civilizations could do the same. So why haven’t they come to Earth?

Young man, if I could remember the names of these particles, I would have been a botanist.

Before I came here I was confused about this subject. Having listened to your lecture I am still confused. But on a higher level.

Whatever Nature has in store for mankind, unpleasant as it may be, men must accept, for ignorance is never better than knowledge.

Experimental confirmation of a prediction is merely a measurement. An experiment disproving a prediction is a discovery.

It is not good to try to stop knowledge from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge.

Never underestimate the joy people derive from hearing something they already know.

There is a truth deep down inside of you that has been waiting for you to discover it, and that truth is this: you deserve all good things life has to offer.

Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.

The greatest thing an actor can experience is discovery. The greatest thing an artist can walk away with is to learn something about themselves and the world and this was one of those.

Turn disappoints into discoveries, wounds into wisdom, and thoughts into realities.

When I got untethered from the comfort of religion, it wasn’t a loss of faith for me, it was a discovery of self. I had faith that I’m capable enough to handle any situation. There’s peace in understanding that I have only one life, here and now, and that I’m responsible.

In knowing God, each of us also knows himself.

Things don’t always work out the way you plan and we’ve discovered that sometimes for the best.

The real power behind whatever success I have now was something I found within myself – something that’s in all of us, I think, a little piece of God just waiting to be discovered.