“Life is not a miracle. It is a natural phenomenon, and can be expected to appear whenever there is a planet whose conditions duplicate those of the ”

“I looked for it [heavy hydrogen, deuterium] because I thought it should exist. I didn't know it would have industrial applications or be the basic for the most powerful weapon ever known [the nucle...”

“[Pure research] is worth every penny it costs.”

“A time will come when men will stretch out their eyes. They should see planets like our Earth.”

“Life is not a miracle. It is a natural phenomenon, and can be expected to appear whenever there is a planet whose conditions duplicate those of the ”

“However life started, once established, it persisted for over 3.5 billion years and evolved from microbial slime to the sophistication of human civilization.”

“Oxygen deprivation and supplemental oxygen are both bio-hazards for Mauna Kea workers”

“No matter the languages we speak or the colour of our skin, we share ancestors who planted rice on the banks of the Yangtze, who first domesticated horses on the steppes of the Ukraine, who hunted ...”

“There is only one Human race but many nations with diverse tribes.”

“There spoke the race!" he said; "always ready to claim what it hasn't got, and mistake its ounce of brass filings for a ton of gold-dust. You have a mongrel perception of humor, nothing more; a mul...”