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

"The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'"

"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.'"

"It is not enough to invent. One must also know how to sell."

"When asked what characteristics Nobel prize winning physicists had in common I cannot think of a single one not even intelligence."