57 Quotes by Ernest Rutherford

Every good laboratory consists of first rate men working in great harmony to insure the progress of science; but down at the end of the hall is an unsociable, wrong-headed fellow working on unprofitable lines, and in his hands lies the hope of discovery.

Never say, "I tried it once and it did not work."

Physics is the only real science. The rest are just stamp collecting.

All of physics is either impossible or trivial. It is impossible until you understand it, and then it becomes trivial.

A theory that you can’t explain to a bartender is probably no damn good.

We haven’t got the money, so we’ve got to think.

Never say, “I tried it once and it did not work.”

The only possible conclusion the social sciences can draw is: some do, some don’t.

If you don’t do the best with what you have, You could never have done better with what you could have had !