Top 24 Quotes by Burton Richter

Total failure isn't something I want to spend a lot of time envisioning. I'm pretty sure I'll recognize it if it comes.

I've become interested in the impact of climate change on the world and the future of energy needs for the developing world.

For nuclear power to have a future, we'll either need more Yucca Mountains or a way to decrease the stuff we put there.

Iran wants to join the group of countries that want to know about the biggest things, like space.

In 1948 I entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, undecided between studies of chemistry and physics, but my first year convinced me that physics was more interesting to me.

Is the sky falling? No. It's maybe drooping a bit.

Theorists can create all sorts of theories which go beyond the Standard Model. But there's not one bit of experimental evidence to point out which way you should go.

Modern science is fast-moving, and no laboratory can exist for long with a program based on old facilities. Innovation and renewal are required to keep a laboratory on the frontiers of science.

The sun doesn't shine at night, and wind power is highly variable. To meet our emissions goals, we're going to have to grasp every arrow in the quiver, and nuclear is one of those arrows.

What I found was that I thoroughly enjoyed the plumbing of experiment.