Quote by Enrico Fermi
"Whatever the ups and downs of detail within science, the great edifice of adaptation of means to ends which so awes us in all living creatures has been reared by a process of trial and error."
More from 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."