Enrico Fermi

I am an optimist, because I believe that man is capable of solving his problems.

The pursuit of knowledge is an endless journey.

Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.

The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.

The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

The only constant in life is change.

We may be living in a world where the future is already written, but we still have the power to change it.

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

I hope it won't take long.

Where is everybody?

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

Before the war, I was doing pure physics. Now I am doing applied physics. But it is still physics.

It is not enough to know how to build a bomb. One must also know how to control it.

The fundamental problem is to find out if we can make a chain reaction go. If we can, then we have a new source of power. If we can't, then we don't.

I consider myself a lucky man who did not have to choose between going to war and doing something else. I just did what I was doing.

The world is full of interesting things to do with neutrons.

Never underestimate the power of a good approximation.