It was essential to do this job, hateful though it was, because we knew the Germans were hot on the trail.

- Mark Oliphant

I believe that science is best left to scientists, that you cannot have managers or directors of science, it's got to be carried out and done by peop…

- Mark Oliphant

Going after the unknown is always fascinating, I think. It becomes part of your life, this desire to know.

- Mark Oliphant

I, who had been in favour of nuclear energy for generating electricity ... I suddenly realised that anybody who has a nuclear reactor can extract the…

- Mark Oliphant

I lost my hair mixing a substance called white gunpowder on the kitchen table.

- Mark Oliphant