"I remember my friend Johnny von Neumann used to say, 'with four parameters I can fit an elephant and with five I can make him wiggle his trunk.'"

"The atomic age will either usher in a new era of prosperity, or it will be the end of civilization."

"I remember my first impression of the Trinity test. It was a terrifying spectacle."

"It is very hard to be famous and still do good work."

"Young man, if I could remember the names of these [muons, pions, etc.] particles, I would have been a botanist."