30 Best Oppenheimer Quotes

I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds. – J. Robert Oppenheimer

Prometheus stole fire from the gods and gave it to man. For this, he was chained to a rock and tortured for eternity. – J. Robert Oppenheimer

Theory will take you only so far. – J. Robert Oppenheimer

You don't get to commit the sin and then have us all feel sorry for you when there are consequences. – Kitty Oppenheimer

Is it possible that they could use it against the Russians? – J. Robert Oppenheimer

This isn't a new weapon. It's a new world. – J. Robert Oppenheimer

The world is changing, reforming. This is your moment. – Niels Bohr

They need us. Until they don't. – J. Robert Oppenheimer

You're not just self-important, you are actually important. – Leslie Groves

I don't know if we can be trusted with such a weapon. But I know the Nazis can't. – J. Robert Oppenheimer

We're in a desperate race, not against the Germans, but against reality. – J. Robert Oppenheimer

Amateurs seek the sun, get eaten. Power stays in the shadows. – Lewis Strauss

These things are hard on your heart. – J. Robert Oppenheimer

You don't drop a bomb on the center of a city if you're trying to demonstrate a weapon. – J. Robert Oppenheimer

We're not in the business of justifying weapons. We're in the business of building them. – Leslie Groves

The power you've given them could destroy the world. Isn't that worth a conversation? – J. Robert Oppenheimer

I believe we did. – J. Robert Oppenheimer

You saw what it did. What did you imagine would happen? – Kitty Oppenheimer

He didn't say "I'm sorry." He said, "I did it." – Kitty Oppenheimer

You're an intellectual, you don't know what it means to have blood on your hands. – Boris Pash

The lesson of history is that you do not know the lesson of history. – Isidor Isaac Rabi

This is a battle for the soul of the world. – J. Robert Oppenheimer

You don't get to slap the world in the face and then ask for its forgiveness. – Lewis Strauss

We're not just building a weapon. We're building a theory of the universe. – J. Robert Oppenheimer

The atomic bomb is not about the bomb. It's about the man. – Lewis Strauss

When you've come that far, you can't just stop. – J. Robert Oppenheimer

You think because you let them tar and feather you that the world will forgive you? It won't. – Lewis Strauss

I never said a word against the United States. I love this country. – J. Robert Oppenheimer

The Isenheim Altarpiece depicts a saint being torn apart for his faith. The flesh is being ripped from his body. And he's looking up at God, not in anger, but in gratitude. – J. Robert Oppenheimer

Did you think if you let them paint you as a martyr, it would make you innocent? – Lewis Strauss