Quotes by : Ernest Rutherford

Now I know what the atom looks like.

If, as I have reason to believe, I have disintegrated the nucleus of the atom, this is of greater significance....

If your experiment needs a statistician, you need a better experiment.

You should never bet against anything in science at odds of more than about 1012 to 1.

The great object is to find the theory of the matter [of X-rays] before anyone else, for nearly every....

It was quite the most incredible event that has ever happened to me in my life. It was almost as incredible....

All science is either physics or stamp collecting.

I think a strong claim can be made that the process of scientific discovery may be regarded as a form....

Of all created comforts, God is the lender; you are the borrower, not the owner.