Ernest Rutherford Quotes
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I am a great believer in the simplicity of things and as you probably know I am inclined to hang on to broad & simple ideas like grim death until evidence is too strong for my tenacity.
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A theory that you can't explain to a bartender is probably no damn good.
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If your result needs a statistician then you should design a better experiment.
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When we have found how the nucleus of atoms is built up we shall have found the greatest secret of all — except life. We shall have found the basis of everything — of the earth we walk on, of the air we breathe, of the sunshine, of our physical body itself, of everything in the world, however great or however small — except life.
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The great object is to find the theory of the matter of X-rays before anyone else, for nearly every professor in Europe is now on the warpath.
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I have to keep going, as there are always people on my track. I have to publish my present work as rapidly as possible in order to keep in the race. The best sprinters in this road of investigation are Becquerel and the Curies.
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Never say, "I tried it once and it did not work."
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Don't let me catch anyone talking about the Universe in my department.
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The more physics you have the less engineering you need.
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Gentlemen, now you will see that now you see nothing. And why you see nothing you will see presently.
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The energy produced by the breaking down of the atom is a very poor kind of thing. Anyone who expects a source of power from the transformation of these atoms is talking moonshine.
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All science is either physics or stamp collecting.
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All scientific men will be delighted to extend their warmest congratulations to Tesla and to express their appreciation of his great contributions to science.
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We are rather like children, who must take a watch to pieces to see how it works.