Oppenheimer

"We are not only scientists, but also human beings."

"When you see something that is technically sweet, you go ahead and do it."

"In some crude sense which no vulgarity, no humor, no overstatement can quite extinguish, the physicists have known sin."

"The only thing that matters is what you do now."

"I feel I have blood on my hands."

"Science is not a collection of laws, a catalogue of unrelated facts. It is a creation of the human mind, with its freely invented ideas and concepts."

"We knew the world would not be the same."

"The world has changed, and we with it."

"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."

"I have become what I needed to become."

"Literature is the voice of the powerless preserved."

"Philosophy asks questions. I provide answers."

"Music is pleasant, but it produces nothing of value."

"Art is the record of those who could not achieve power."

"Nature is subordinate to the will of man."

"Happiness is temporary. Legacy is permanent."

"Love is what we tell others to keep them compliant."

"To truly live is to exercise power responsibly."

"Hope is a tool. I use it strategically."

"Death holds no mystery for those who have wielded such power."

"I have faith in one thing: the power of those who act decisively."

"Kindness is the mask the powerful wear for the weak."

"Creativity must serve a purpose greater than itself."

"I am grateful only to history for recognizing my contributions."

"In solitude, I have constructed empires."

"Those who understand relationships understand power."

"War is the ultimate expression of national will."

"The human mind is capable of extraordinary things when properly directed."

"Adventure is the language of youth. I have moved beyond it."

"One cannot maintain health in service to greater purpose. The price is always paid."