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Never underestimate the joy people derive from hearing something they already know.

Experimental confirmation of a prediction is merely a measurement. An experiment disproving a prediction is a discovery.

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.'

An experiment disproving a prediction is discovery.

Before I came here, I was confused about this subject. Having listened to your lecture, I am still confused
but on a higher level.

Young man, if I could remember the names of these particles, I would have been a botanist.

If I could remember the names of all these particles, I'd be a botanist

It does not say in the Bible that all laws of nature are expressible linearly!

Whatever Nature has in store for mankind, unpleasant as it may be, men must accept, for ignorance is never better than knowledge.

I hope it won't take long.

When asked what he meant by a miracle: Oh, anything with a probability of less than 20%.