178 Quotes About Atoms

It was my responsibility that this world got itself an atom bomb, because there were only a handful of nuclear physicists in the thirties - only a handful. And we were all beating the desk and saying "How wonderful it will be if we discover atomic fission.

We are the gods of the atoms that make up ourselves but we are also the atoms of the gods that make up the universe.

We thought it would be nice to have atoms interact in such a gentle way with the photons that they would just take an imprint of the photons, so that many atoms could 'see' the same photon and it would give rise to a lot of interesting effects. Myself and my colleagues had this project for a very long time and we were finally able to observe it.

We should note that this latter type of shift was successfully amplified to a considerable extent by Russian physicists using the intense light of a ruby laser whose wavelength is close to that of a transition of the potassium atom.

The vortex theory [of the atom] is only a dream. Itself unproven, it can prove nothing, and any speculations founded upon it are mere dreams about dreams.

Physicists are made of atoms. A physicist is an attempt by an atom to understand itself.

The universe is a single atom: the convergence of science and spirituality.

I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.

I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot.