I Must Confess It Was Very Unexpected

Gentlemen, Now You Will See That Now You See Nothing. And Why You See Nothing You Will See Presently.

Every Good Laboratory Consists Of First Rate Men Working In Great Harmony To Insure The Progress Of Science; But Down At The End Of The Hall Is An Unsociable, Wrong-headed Fellow Working On Unprofitable Lines, And In His Hands Lies The Hope Of Discovery.

The More Physics You Have The Less Engineering You Need.

I've Just Finished Reading Some Of My Early Papers, And You Know, When I'd Finished I Said To Myself, 'rutherford, My Boy, You Used To Be A Damned Clever Fellow.' (1911)

Should A Young Scientist Working With Me Come To Me After Two Years Of Such Work And Ask Me What To Do Next, I Would Advise Him To Get Out Of Science. After Two Years Of Work, If A Man Does Not Know What To Do Next, He Will Never Make A Real Scientist.