It would be a poor thing to be an atom in a universe without physicists, and physicists are made of atoms. A physicist is an atom's way of knowing about atoms. George Wald atomknowmake Change image and share on social
There is nothing worth having that can be obtained by nuclear war - nothing material or ideological - no tradition that it can defend. It is utterly self-defeating. George Wald defeatdefendideological Change image and share on social
I tell my students to try early in life to find an unattainable objective. George Wald earlyfindlife Change image and share on social
All War Departments are now Defense Departments. This is all part of the doubletalk of our time. The aggressor is always on the other side. George Wald aggressordefensedepartment Change image and share on social
As far as I know, the most conservative estimates of the number of Americans who would be killed in a major nuclear attack, with everything working as well as can be hoped and all foreseeable precautions taken, run to about fifty million. George Wald americanattackconservative share on social
I tell my students to try to know molecules, so well that when they have some question involving molecules, they can ask themselves, What would I do if I were that molecule? George Wald involvemoleculequestion Change image and share on social
I am growing old, and my future, so to speak, is already behind me. George Wald futuregrowspeak Change image and share on social
A scientist is in a sense a learned small boy. There is something of the scientist in every small boy. Others must outgrow it. Scientists can stay that way all their lives. George Wald boylearnlive Change image and share on social
The Nobel Prize is an honor unique in the world in having found its way into the hearts and minds of simple people everywhere. It casts a light of peace and reason upon us all; and for that I am especially grateful. George Wald castfindgrateful share on social
It's not good enough to give it tender, loving care, to supply it with breakfast foods, to buy it expensive educations. Those things don't mean anything unless this generation has a future. And we're not sure that it does. George Wald breakfastbuycare share on social
