Enrico Fermi

"Where are they?"

"The effort to build a space-faring civilization, that's worth doing."

"Whatever the ups and downs of the details which we learn or unlearn, the speak of science only increases."

"I think it is good merely to emphasize again that, in physics, you don't have to go around making trouble for yourself—nature does it for you."

"The only way to do great work is to love what you do."

"Patience and time do more than strength or violence."

"Nothing is created, nothing is lost, everything changes."

"The truth is rarely pure and never simple."

"Creativity is intelligence having fun."

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."

"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans."

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."

"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."

"Without music, life would be a mistake."

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that."

"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing."

"If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything."

"The question of whether computers can think is like the question of whether submarines can swim."

"Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge."

"Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do."

"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

"An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in his field."

"Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent."

"The mind is everything. What you think you become."

"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all."

"Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions."

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."

"The only impossible journey is the one you never begin."

"Do what you feel in your heart to be right."

"Everybody gotta have a dream."