The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking and we thus drift toward unparalleled catastrophe. Albert Einstein, Telegram, 24 May 1946 US (German-born) physicist (1879 - 1955) At any rate, I am convinced that He [God] does not play dice. Albert Einstein, In a letter to Max Born, 1926 US (German-born) physicist (1879 - 1955) Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, (Sherlock Holmes) Valley of Fear, 1915 British mystery author & physician (1859 - 1930) How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth? Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, (Sherlock Holmes) The Sign of Four, 1890 British mystery author & physician (1859 - 1930) The case has, in some respects, been not entirely devoid of interest. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, (Sherlock Holmes) A Case of Identity, 1892 British mystery author & physician (1859 - 1930) It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, (Sherlock Holmes) A Case of Identity, 1892 British mystery author & physician (1859 - 1930) You see, but you do not observe. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, (Sherlock Holmes) A Scandal in Bohemia, 1892 British mystery author & physician (1859 - 1930) Let a good man do good deeds with the same zeal that the evil man does bad ones. The Belzer Rabbi Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word. Charles De Gaulle French general & politician (1890 - 1970) In science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not the man to whom the idea first occurs. Sir Francis Darwin, Eugenics Review, April 1914 (1848 - 1925) |