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.
- Edward Teller
Science, Fact, Everyone, Innocent
Secrecy, once accepted, becomes an addiction.
- Edward Teller
Addiction, Once, Accepted, Secrecy
Life improves slowly and goes wrong fast, and only catastrophe is clearly visible.
- Edward Teller
Fast, Goes, Visible, Improves
No endeavor that is worthwhile is simple in prospect; if it is right, it will be simple in retrospect.
- Edward Teller
Simple, Will, Endeavor, Prospect
The main purpose of science is simplicity and as we understand more things, everything is becoming simpler.
- Edward Teller
Purpose, More, Becoming, Simpler
I tried to contribute to the defeat of the Soviets. If I contributed 1%, it is 1% of something enormous.
- Edward Teller
Defeat, Tried, I Tried, Soviets
Physics is, hopefully, simple. Physicists are not.
- Edward Teller
Simple, Physics, Hopefully, Physicists
My experience has been in a short 77 years that in the end when you fight for a desperate cause and have good reasons to fight, you usually win.
- Edward Teller
Desperate, Been, Reasons, In The End
Had we not pursued the hydrogen bomb, there is a very real threat that we would now all be speaking Russian. I have no regrets.
- Edward Teller
No Regrets, Very, Russian, Pursued
Two paradoxes are better than one; they may even suggest a solution.
- Edward Teller
Solution, Better, May, Suggest
The science of today is the technology of tomorrow.
- Edward Teller
Science, Tomorrow, Today
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