I have a sense of humor; but over the years that sense has developed one blind spot. I can no longer laugh at ignorance or stupidity. Those are our chief enemies, and it is dangerous to make fun of them.
Only fools, liars, and charlatans predict earthquakes - Charles Francis Richter
Only fools, liars, and charlatans predict earthquakes
- Charles Francis Richter
My main point today is that usually one gets what one expects, but very rarely in the way one expected it. - Charles Francis Richter
My main point today is that usually one gets what one expects, but very rarely in the way one expected it.
Most loss of life and property has been due to the collapse of antiquated and unsafe structures, mostly of brick and other masonry. ... There is prog… - Charles Francis Richter
Most loss of life and property has been due to the collapse of antiquated and unsafe structures, mostly of brick and other masonry. ... There is prog…
If one introduces the concept of energy of an earthquake then that is a theoretically derived quantity. - Charles Francis Richter
If one introduces the concept of energy of an earthquake then that is a theoretically derived quantity.
I would walk - not run - to the nearest seismograph. - Charles Francis Richter
I would walk - not run - to the nearest seismograph.
I was lucky because logarithmic plots are a device of the devil. - Charles Francis Richter
I was lucky because logarithmic plots are a device of the devil.
it is good to have measured myself, to recognize my limitations. - Charles Francis Richter
it is good to have measured myself, to recognize my limitations.
According to Democritus, truth lies at the bottom of a well, the water of which serves as a mirror in which objects may be reflected. I have heard, h… - Charles Francis Richter
According to Democritus, truth lies at the bottom of a well, the water of which serves as a mirror in which objects may be reflected. I have heard, h…
The rose does not bloom without thorns. True, but would that the thorns did not outlive the rose. - Charles Francis Richter
The rose does not bloom without thorns. True, but would that the thorns did not outlive the rose.
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