Enrico Fermi

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

“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.”

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

“If I could remember the names of all these particles, I'd be a botanist.”

“It is no 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.”

“An experiment is a question which science poses to Nature, and a measurement is the recording of Nature’s answer.”

“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 that some of these neutrons will again produce a fission.”

“Where is everybody?”