You should never bet against anything in science at odds of more than about 10-12 to 1. - Ernest Rutherford
All science is either physics or stamp collecting. - Ernest Rutherford
If your experiment needs a statistician, you need a better experiment. - Ernest Rutherford
Now I know what the atom looks like. - Ernest Rutherford
If, as I have reason to believe, I have disintegrated the nucleus of the atom, this is of greater significance than the war.[Apology to the international anti-submarine committee for being absent from several meetings during World War I.] - Ernest Rutherford