George Wald Quotes & Sayings

“The only use for an atomic bomb is to keep somebody else from using one.”

“The Nobel Prize is an honor unique in the world in having found its way into the hearts and minds of simple people everywhere. It casts a light of peace and reason upon us all; and for that I am especially grateful.”

“Dropping those atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a war crime.”

“We are the products of editing, rather than of authorship.”

“I have lived much of my life among molecules. They are good company.”

“There's life all over this universe, but the only life in the solar system is on earth, and in the whole universe we are the only men.”

“A lecture is much more of a dialogue than many of you probably realize.”

“Since we have had a history, men have pursued an ideal of immortality.”

“I am growing old, and my future, so to speak, is already behind me.”

“It's not good enough to give it tender, loving care, to supply it with breakfast foods, to buy it expensive educations. Those things don't mean anything unless this generation has a future. And we're not sure that it does.”