If you take a bale of hay and tie it to the tail of a mule and then strike a match and set the bale of hay on fire, and if you then compare the energ…

- William Shockley

The major cause for American Negroes intellectual and social deficits is hereditary and racially genetic in origin and thus not remedial to a major d…

- William Shockley

Nature has color-coded groups of individuals so that statistically reliable predictions of their adaptability to intellectual rewarding and effective…

- William Shockley

Regret is unnecessary. Think before you act.

- William Shockley

Frequently, I have been asked if an experiment I have planned is pure or applied science; to me it is more important to know if the experiment will y…

- William Shockley

I am overwhelmed by an irresistible temptation to do my climb by moonlight and unroped. This is contrary to all my rock climbing teaching & does not …

- William Shockley