Top Ten Best Edward Teller (Teller Ede) Quotes

Edward Teller (Hungarian: Teller Ede)
was an American nuclear physicist, known as "the father of the hydrogen bomb."

The Top Ten

1 There's no system foolproof enough to defeat a sufficiently great fool.

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

3 A fact is a simple statement that everyone believes. It is innocent, unless found guilty. A hypothesis is a novel suggestion that no one wants to believe. It is guilty, until found effective.

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

5 Two paradoxes are better than one; they may even suggest a solution.

6 Physics is, hopefully, simple. Physicists are not.

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

8 ..preservation of peace..improvement of..people require..faith in..rationality of humans..Humanity..repeatedly escaped disaster by..hair's breadth.Total security..never..available..To expect it is unrealistic;to imagine..it can exist is to invite disaster

9 I don't want to kill anybody. I am passionately opposed to killing, but I'm even more passionately fond of freedom.

10 When you come to the end of all the light you know, & it's time to step into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing that one of two things shall happen: Either you will be given something solid to stand on or you will be taught to fly.

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