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If you want to succeed in the world, you don't have to be much cleverer than other people. You just have to be one day earlier.

Don't lie if you don't have to.

Pronouncement of experts to the effect that something cannot be done has always irritated me.

Do not destroy what you cannot create.

Three stages of truth for scientists:
(1) It's not true.
(2) If it is true, it's not very important.
(3) We knew it all along.

I'm looking for a market for wisdom.

A scientist's aim in a discussion with his colleagues is not to persuade, but to clarify.

In order to succeed, it is not necessary to be much cleverer than other people. All you have to be is one day ahead of them.

If the thickness is larger than the critical value I can produce an explosion.

You may assume infinite ignorance and unlimited intelligence.

If one knows only what one is told, one does not know enough to be able to arrive at a well-balanced decision.