I Did Not Direct My Life. I

Fame Is Also Won At The Expense Of Others. Even The Well-deserved Honors Of The Scientist Or Man Of Learning Are Unfair To Many Persons Of Equal Achievements Who Get None. When One Man Gets A Place In The Sun, The Others Are Put In A Denser Shade. From The Point Of View Of The Whole Group There's No Gain Whatsoever, And Perhaps A Loss.

Give Me A Child And I'll Shape Him Into Anything.

Any Single Historical Event Is Too Complex To Be Adequately Known By Anyone. It Transcends All The Intellectual Capacities Of Men. Our Practice Is To Wait Until A Sufficient Number Of Details Have Been Forgotten. Of Course Things Seem Simpler Then! Our Memories Work That Way; We Retain The Facts Which Are Easiest To Think About.

I Did Not Direct My Life. I Didn't Design It. I Never Made Decisions. Things Always Came Up And Made Them For Me. That's What Life Is.

No Theory Changes What It Is A Theory About. Nothing Is Changed Because We Look At It, Talk About It, Or Analyze It In A New Way. Keats Drank Confusion To Newton For Analyzing The Rainbow, But The Rainbow Remained As Beautiful As Ever And Became For Many Even More Beautiful. Man Has Not Changed Because We Look At Him, Talk About Him, And Analyze Him Scientifically. ... What Does Change Is Our Chance Of Doing Something About The Subject Of A Theory. Newton's Analysis Of The Light In A Rainbow Was A Step In The Direction Of The Laser.