Ernest Rutherford

“Radioactivity is shown to be accompanied by chemical changes in which new types of matter are produced.”

“Now I know what the atom looks like!”

“We haven't the money, so we've got to think.”

“All science is either physics or stamp collecting.”

“Anyone who expects a source of power from the transformation of these atoms is talking moonshine.”

“Don't let me catch anyone talking about the Universe in my department.”

“It was almost as incredible as if you fired a 15-inch shell at a piece of tissue paper and it came back and hit you.”

“If your experiment needs statistics, you ought to have done a better experiment.”

“An alleged scientific discovery has no merit unless it can be explained to a barmaid.”

“I have always been proud of the fact that I am a New Zealander.”

“We are rather like children, who must take a watch to pieces to see how it works.”

“A theory that you can't explain to a bartender is probably no damn good.”