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The eyes of childhood are magnifying lenses. — Edward Teller

Science attempts to find logic and simplicity in nature. Mathematics attempts to establish order and simplicity in human thought. — Edward Teller

In our educational institutions applied science may almost be described as a "no-man's land." — Edward Teller

The extinction of the human race will come from its inability to EMOTIONALLY comprehend the exponential function. — Edward Teller

I tried to contribute to the defeat of the Soviets. If I contributed 1%, it is 1% of something enormous. — Edward Teller

I hate doubt, yet I am certain that doubt is the only way to approach anything worth believing in. — Edward Teller

Nationalism has little to contribute today except further suffering. — Edward Teller

Had we not pursued the hydrogen bomb, there is a very real threat that we would now all be speaking Russian. I have no regrets. — Edward Teller

Secrecy in science does not work. Withholding information does more damage to us than to our competitors. — Edward Teller

There's no system foolproof enough to defeat a sufficiently great fool. — Edward Teller

Today's science is tomorrow's technology. — Edward Teller

No, I'm the infamous Edward Teller. — Edward Teller

I believe in evil. It is the property of all those who are certain of truth. Despair and fanaticism are only differing manifestations of evil. — Edward Teller

Could we have avoided the tragedy of Hiroshima? Could we have started the atomic age with clean hands? No one knows. No one can find out. — Edward Teller

My experience has been in a short 77 years that in the end when you fight for a desperate cause and have good reasons to fight, you usually win. — Edward Teller

When you're certain you cannot be fooled, you become easy to fool. — Edward Teller

If not for me, the H-bomb would have been developed in Russia first. In the U.S., we'd now be speaking Russian. — Edward Teller

We must learn to live with contradictions, because they lead to deeper and more effective understanding. — Edward Teller

In truth, Edward Teller ran the Livermore Lab, but for public purposes he liked it better to be known as only an associate director — John Gofman

I am guilty of the great crime of optimism. — Edward Teller

Physics without mathematics is meaningless. — Edward Teller

Physics is, hopefully, simple. Physicists are not. — Edward Teller

The main purpose of science is simplicity and as we understand more things, everything is becoming simpler. — Edward Teller

A state-of-the-art calculation requires 100 hours of CPU time on the state-of-the-art computer, independent of the decade. — Edward Teller

Two paradoxes are better than one they may even suggest a solution. — Edward Teller

The science of today is the technology of tomorrow. — Edward Teller

[Chemistry] laboratory work was my first challenge ... I still carry the scars of my first discovery-that test-tubes are fragile. — Edward Teller

I believe in good. It is an ephemeral and elusive quality. It is the center of my beliefs, but it cannot be strengthened by talking about it. — Edward Teller

Life improves slowly and goes wrong fast, and only catastrophe is clearly visible. — Edward Teller

No endeavor that is worthwhile is simple in prospect; if it is right, it will be simple in retrospect. — Edward Teller

There is no case where ignorance should be preferred to knowledge - especially if the knowledge is terrible. — Edward Teller

Society's emissions of carbon dioxide may or may not turn out to have something significant to do with global warming-the jury is still out. — Edward Teller

If anyone wants a hole in the ground, nuclear explosives can make big holes — Edward Teller

I think that intellectuals who end up in hell will have to read page proofs and check indexes there. — Edward Teller

U.S. has lost a battle more important and greater than Pearl Harbor. — Edward Teller

Secrecy, once accepted, becomes an addiction. — Edward Teller