A Good Scientific Theory Should Be Explicable

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.

It Is Essential For Men Of Science To Take An Interest In The Administration Of Their Own Affairs Or Else The Professional Civil Servant Will Step In - And Then The Lord Help You.

The More Physics You Have The Less Engineering You Need.

You Should Never Bet Against Anything In Science At Odds Of More Than About 10-12 To 1.

If Your Result Needs A Statistician Then You Should Design A Better Experiment.