Who Will Observe The Observers?

A Star Is Drawing On Some Vast Reservoir Of Energy By Means Unknown To Us. This Reservoir Can Scarcely Be Other Than The Subatomic Energy Which, It Is Known Exists Abundantly In All Matter; We Sometimes Dream That Man Will One Day Learn How To Release It And Use It For His Service. The Store Is Well Nigh Inexhaustible, If Only It Could Be Tapped. There Is Sufficient In The Sun To Maintain Its Output Of Heat For 15 Billion Years.

Every Body Continues In Its State Of Rest Or Uniform Motion In A Straight Line, Except Insofar As It Doesn't.

Don't Believe The Results Of Experiments Until They're Confirmed By Theory.

Asked In 1919 Whether It Was True That Only Three People In The World Understood The Theory Of General Relativity, [eddington] Allegedly Replied: "who's The Third?"

Observation And Theory Get On Best When They Are Mixed Together, Both Helping One Another In The Pursuit Of Truth. It Is A Good Rule Not To Put Overmuch Confidence In A Theory Until It Has Been Confirmed By Observation. I Hope I Shall Not Shock The Experimental Physicists Too Much If I Add That It Is Also A Good Rule Not To Put Overmuch Confidence In The Observational Results That Are Put Forward Until They Have Been Confirmed By Theory.