Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds. (quoting the Bhagavad-Gita after witnessing the first Nuclear explosion.)

- J. Robert Oppenheimer

Genius sees the answer before the question.

- J. Robert Oppenheimer

There must be no barriers for freedom of inquiry... There is no place for dogma in science. The scientist is free, and must be free to ask any questi…

- J. Robert Oppenheimer

Science is not everything, but science is very beautiful.

- J. Robert Oppenheimer

The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true.

- J. Robert Oppenheimer

Truth, not a pet, is man's best friend.

- J. Robert Oppenheimer

No man should escape our universities without knowing how little he knows.

- J. Robert Oppenheimer

The people of this world must unite or they will perish.

- J. Robert Oppenheimer

We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scri…

- J. Robert Oppenheimer