I don't mind what language an opera is sung in so long as it is the language I don't understand. Edward Victor Appleton More Quotes by Edward Victor Appleton More Quotes From Edward Victor Appleton I rate enthusiasm even above professional skill. Edward Victor Appleton family happiness love No scientific subject has ever aroused quite the same mixture of hopes and fears [as atomic energy]. Edward Victor Appleton mixtures hope science I am only a physicist with nothing material to show for my labours. I have never even seen the ionosphere, although I have worked on the subject for thirty years. That does show how lucky people can be. If there had been no ionosphere I would not have been standing here this morning. Edward Victor Appleton morning science years [T]he history of science has proved that fundamental research is the lifeblood of individual progress and that the ideas that lead to spectacular advances spring from it. Edward Victor Appleton spring science ideas
