Leo Szilard

“If you want to succeed in this world you don't have to be much cleverer than other people, you just have to be one day earlier.”

“A scientist's aim in a discussion with his colleagues is not to persuade, but to clarify.”

“I'm looking for a market for wisdom.”

“Don't lie if you don't have to.”

“The most important step in getting a job is the next one.”

“My private motto is: 'Whatever you do, do it completely. If you are going to sin, sin wholeheartedly.'”

“Let your acts be directed towards a worthy goal, but do not ask if they will reach it; they are to be models and examples, not means to an end.”

“The creative scientist is in fact an artist.”

“Pronounce a sentence on the atomic bomb. It is guilty. It must be hanged.”

“Even if we should have a war, the prospects for the survival of the human race would be rather good, but the prospects for the survival of the United States would be bad.”