Victor Frederick Weisskopf

It is possible to apply statistical methods to the calculation of nuclear processes provided that the energies involved are large in comparison with the lowest excitation energies of nuclei.

— Victor Frederick Weisskopf

… conferences with open attendance are very important for the stimulation of young people or other people who are new in the field. … The field of high-energy physics is, as you know, very strongly in the hands of a clique and it is hard for an outsider to enter.

— Victor Frederick Weisskopf

The question of the origin of the universe is one of the most exciting topics for a scientist to deal with. It reaches far beyond its purely scientific significance, since it is related to human existence, to mythology, and to religion. Furthermore, it deals with questions are connected with the fundamental structure of matter, with elementrary particles.

— Victor Frederick Weisskopf

Self-confidence is an important ingredient that makes for a successful physicist.

— Victor Frederick Weisskopf