"A fact is a simple statement that everyone believes. It is innocent, unless found guilty. A hypothesis is a novel suggestion that no one wants to believe. It is guilty, until found effective."

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Source : Edward Teller, Wendy Teller, Wilson Talley (2013). “Conversations on the Dark Secrets of Physics”, p.69, Basic Books

Edward Teller

#Believe Quotes #Science Quotes #Simple Quotes

“You never know about life.”
“No self is of itself alone. It has a long chain of intellectual ancestors. The 'I' is chained to ancestry by many factors... This is not mere allegory, but an eternal memory.”

Source : "A Life of Erwin Schrödinger". Book by Walter Moore, 1994.
“Do not set out to make Mexican art, or American, Chinese, or Russian art. Think in terms of universality.”
“There's nothing wrong with being gay, so to deny it is to make a judgment.”
“But sir- we are a beginning democracy. If there were not strikes, this would not be a democracy.”
“Hamilton awkwardly folded himself into the passenger seat. "Couldn't you get something bigger?" he asked as he banged his knee against the dashboard. "We're supposed to be a diversion," Jonah said. "Got to make an entrance. Can't do that in a minivan, Giganto Boy. Can't do much in a minivan except look about as uncool as it gets." "Hey! My dad drives a minivan." "Snap.”
“Once you sacrifice your rights, it's hard to get those rights protected again.”
“It is function of government to invent philosophies to explain the demands of its own convenience.”

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