I tried to contribute to the defeat of the Soviets. If I contributed 1%, it is 1% of something enormous.
– Edward Teller
Life improves slowly and goes wrong fast, and only catastrophe is clearly visible.
– Edward Teller
My experience has been in a short 77 years that in the end when you fight for a desperate cause and have good reasons to fight, you usually win.
– Edward Teller
No endeavor that is worthwhile is simple in prospect; if it is right, it will be simple in retrospect.
– Edward Teller
The science of today is the technology of tomorrow.
– Edward Teller
When you come to the end of all the light you know, and it's time to step into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing that one of two things shall happen: Either you will be given something solid to stand on or you will be taught to fly.
– Edward Teller
The main purpose of science is simplicity and as we understand more things, everything is becoming simpler.
– Edward Teller
A fact is a simple statement that everyone believes. It is innocent, unless found guilty. A hypothesis is a novel suggestion that no one wants to believe. It is guilty, until found effective.