57 Quotes by Ernest Rutherford

Gentlemen, we have run out of money. It is time to start thinking.

The greatest contributor to the feeling of tension and fear of war arose from the power of the bombing aeroplane. If all nations would consent to abolish air bombardment . . . that would mean the greatest possible release from fear.

That which is not measurable is not science. That which is not physics is stamp collecting.

From the results so far obtained it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that the long-range atoms arising from collision of alpha particles with nitrogen are not nitrogen atoms but probably atoms of hydrogen, or atoms of mass 2. If this be the case, we must conclude that the nitrogen atom is disintegrated under the intense forces developed in a close collision with a swift alpha particle, and that the hydrogen atom which is liberated formed a constituent part of the nitrogen nucleus.

If, as I have reason to believe, I have disintegrated the nucleus of the atom, this is of greater significance than the war.

You should never bet against anything in science at odds of more than about 10-12 to 1.

I must confess it was very unexpected and I am very startled at my metamorphosis into a chemist.

The more physics you have the less engineering you need.

Gentlemen, now you will see that now you see nothing. And why you see nothing you will see presently.