Spring Makes Everything Young Again Except Man.

Nothing Is Less Predictable Than The Development Of An Active Scientific Field.

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.

[in Plotting Earthquake Measurements] The Range Between The Largest And Smallest Magnitudes Seemed Unmanageably Large. Dr. Beno Gutenberg Then Made The Natural Suggestion To Plot The Amplitudes Logarithmically.

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, However, That Some Philosophers, In Seeking For Truth, To Pay Homage To Her, Have Seen Their Own Image And Adored It Instead.

I Was Lucky Because Logarithmic Plots Are A Device Of The Devil.