Edward Teller (January 15, 1908 – September 9, 2003) was a Hungarian-American theoretical physicist.
He was born in Hungary, and is known colloquially as "the fa...
I believe in good. Edward Teller
I believe in good.
Total security has never been available to anyone. To expect it is unrealistic; to imagine that it can exist is to invite disaster. Edward Teller
Total security has never been available to anyone. To expect it is unrealistic; to imagine that it can exist is to invite disaster.
There's no system foolproof enough to defeat a sufficiently great fool. Edward Teller
There's no system foolproof enough to defeat a sufficiently great fool.
I believe in excellence. It is a basic need of every human soul. Edward Teller
I believe in excellence. It is a basic need of every human soul.
When you fight for a desperate cause and have good reasons to fight, you usually win. Edward Teller
When you fight for a desperate cause and have good reasons to fight, you usually win.
Among the people who knew a great deal about the hydrogen bomb, I was the only advocate of it. And that is, I think, my contribution. Edward Teller
Among the people who knew a great deal about the hydrogen bomb, I was the only advocate of it. And that is, I think, my contribution.
Life improves slowly and goes wrong fast, and only catastrophe is clearly visible. Edward Teller
Life improves slowly and goes wrong fast, and only catastrophe is clearly visible.
There is no case where ignorance should be preferred to knowledge — especially if the knowledge is terrible. Edward Teller
There is no case where ignorance should be preferred to knowledge — especially if the knowledge is terrible.
The idea of God that I absorbed was that it would be wonderful if He existed: We needed Him desperately but had not seen Him in many thousands of years. Edward Teller
The idea of God that I absorbed was that it would be wonderful if He existed: We needed Him desperately but had not seen Him in many thousands of years.
By having simplified what is known, physicists have been led into realms which as yet are anything but simple. Edward Teller
By having simplified what is known, physicists have been led into realms which as yet are anything but simple.
I believe in evil. It is the property of all those who are certain of truth. Edward Teller
I believe in evil. It is the property of all those who are certain of truth.
Two paradoxes are better than one; they may even suggest a solution. Edward Teller
Two paradoxes are better than one; they may even suggest a solution.