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J. Robert Oppenheimer quotes: The most beautiful philosophical song existing in any known tongue.

The most beautiful philosophical song existing in any known tongue.

J. Robert Oppenheimer quotes: Science is not everything, but science is very beautiful.

Science is not everything, but science is very beautiful.

J. Robert Oppenheimer quotes: The best way to send information is to wrap it up in a person.

The best way to send information is to wrap it up in a person.

J. Robert Oppenheimer quotes: My childhood did not prepare me for the fact that the world is full of cruel and bitter things.

My childhood did not prepare me for the fact that the world is full of cruel and bitter things.

J. Robert Oppenheimer quotes: Sometimes the answer to fear does not lie in trying to explain away the causes, sometimes the answer lies in courage.

Sometimes the answer to fear does not lie in trying to explain away the causes, sometimes the answer lies in courage.

J. Robert Oppenheimer quotes: Truth, not a pet, is man's best friend.

Truth, not a pet, is man's best friend.

J. Robert Oppenheimer quotes: The optimist thinks that this is the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist knows it.

The optimist thinks that this is the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist knows it.

J. Robert Oppenheimer quotes: To the confusion of our enemies.

To the confusion of our enemies.

J. Robert Oppenheimer quotes: Both the man of science and the man of action live always at the edge of mystery, surrounded by it.

Both the man of science and the man of action live always at the edge of mystery, surrounded by it.

J. Robert Oppenheimer quotes: The peoples of this world must unite or they will perish.

The peoples of this world must unite or they will perish.

J. Robert Oppenheimer quotes: The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true.

The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true.

J. Robert Oppenheimer quotes: Pragmatism is an intellectually safe but ultimately sterile philosophy.

Pragmatism is an intellectually safe but ultimately sterile philosophy.

J. Robert Oppenheimer quotes: In the material sciences these are and have been, and are most surely likely to continue to be heroic days.

In the material sciences these are and have been, and are most surely likely to continue to be heroic days.

J. Robert Oppenheimer quotes: I was born in New York in 1904.

I was born in New York in 1904.

J. Robert Oppenheimer quotes: I can't think that it would be terrible of me to say - and it is occasionally true - that I need physics more than friends.

I can't think that it would be terrible of me to say - and it is occasionally true - that I need physics more than friends.

J. Robert Oppenheimer quotes: A pragmatist is concerned with results, not reality.

A pragmatist is concerned with results, not reality.

J. Robert Oppenheimer quotes: I need physics more than friends.

I need physics more than friends.

J. Robert Oppenheimer quotes: I had had a continuing smoldering fury about the treatment of Jews in Germany.

I had had a continuing smoldering fury about the treatment of Jews in Germany.

J. Robert Oppenheimer quotes: There are no secrets about the world of nature. There are secrets about the thoughts and intentions of men.

There are no secrets about the world of nature. There are secrets about the thoughts and intentions of men.

J. Robert Oppenheimer quotes: You can certainly destroy enough of humanity so that only the greatest act of faith can persuade you that what's left will be human.

You can certainly destroy enough of humanity so that only the greatest act of faith can persuade you that what's left will be human.

J. Robert Oppenheimer quotes: The theory of our modern technic shows that nothing is as practical as theory.

The theory of our modern technic shows that nothing is as practical as theory.

J. Robert Oppenheimer quotes: Optimists think that this is the best of all possible worlds; pessimists fear they are right.

Optimists think that this is the best of all possible worlds; pessimists fear they are right.

J. Robert Oppenheimer quotes: I never accepted Communist dogma or theory.

I never accepted Communist dogma or theory.

J. Robert Oppenheimer quotes: The Vedas are the greatest privilege of this century.

The Vedas are the greatest privilege of this century.

J. Robert Oppenheimer quotes: Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.

Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.

J. Robert Oppenheimer quotes: Maybe General Groves was right. Maybe we should just banish thinking forever.

Maybe General Groves was right. Maybe we should just banish thinking forever.

J. Robert Oppenheimer quotes: I am literally become death, destroyer of actual worlds.

I am literally become death, destroyer of actual worlds.

J. Robert Oppenheimer quotes: We hunger for nobility: the rare words and acts that harmonize simplicity and truth.

We hunger for nobility: the rare words and acts that harmonize simplicity and truth.

J. Robert Oppenheimer quotes: We know too much for one man to know too much.

We know too much for one man to know too much.

J. Robert Oppenheimer quotes: No man should escape our universities without knowing how little he knows.

No man should escape our universities without knowing how little he knows.

J. Robert Oppenheimer quotes: The greatest of the changes that science has brought is the acuity of change; the greatest novelty the extent of novelty.

The greatest of the changes that science has brought is the acuity of change; the greatest novelty the extent of novelty.

J. Robert Oppenheimer quotes: There is something irreversible about acquiring knowledge; and the simulation of the search for it differs in a most profound way from the reality.

There is something irreversible about acquiring knowledge; and the simulation of the search for it differs in a most profound way from the reality.

J. Robert Oppenheimer quotes: Taken as a story of human achievement, and human blindness, the discoveries in the sciences are among the great epics.

Taken as a story of human achievement, and human blindness, the discoveries in the sciences are among the great epics.

J. Robert Oppenheimer quotes: Genius sees the answer before the question.

Genius sees the answer before the question.

J. Robert Oppenheimer quotes: Things which stimulate my curiosity are pretty far removed from the practical and therefore from classification.

Things which stimulate my curiosity are pretty far removed from the practical and therefore from classification.

J. Robert Oppenheimer quotes: My mother was born in Baltimore, and before her marriage, she was an artist and teacher of art.

My mother was born in Baltimore, and before her marriage, she was an artist and teacher of art.

J. Robert Oppenheimer quotes: To try to become happy is to try to build a machine with no other specifications than it shall run noiselessly.

To try to become happy is to try to build a machine with no other specifications than it shall run noiselessly.

J. Robert Oppenheimer quotes: SumeBAccess to the Vedas is the greatest privilege this century may claim over all previous centuries.

SumeBAccess to the Vedas is the greatest privilege this century may claim over all previous centuries.

J. Robert Oppenheimer quotes: We may be likened to two scorpions in a bottle, each capable of killing the other, but only at the risk of his own life.

We may be likened to two scorpions in a bottle, each capable of killing the other, but only at the risk of his own life.

J. Robert Oppenheimer quotes: Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds. (quoting the Bhagavad-Gita after witnessing the first Nuclear explosion.)

Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds. (quoting the Bhagavad-Gita after witnessing the first Nuclear explosion.)

J. Robert Oppenheimer quotes: 'It worked.' (said after witnessing the first atomic detonation).

'It worked.' (said after witnessing the first atomic detonation).