Charles Francis Richter Quotes
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“In every area of the world where there is earthquake risk, there are still many buildings of this type; it is very frustrating to try to get rid of them.”
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— Charles Francis Richter
— Charles Francis Richter
Nothing is less predictable than the development of an active scientific field.
— Charles Francis Richter
— Charles Francis Richter
— Charles Francis Richter
“Logarithmic plots are a device of the devil.”
— Charles Francis Richter
My amateur interest in astronomy brought out the term 'magnitude', which is used for the brightness of a star.
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— Charles Francis Richter
— Charles Francis Richter
— Charles Francis Richter
— Charles Francis Richter
— Charles Francis Richter
— Charles Francis Richter
“Don't wait for extraordinary circumstance to do good; try to use ordinary situations.”
— Charles Francis Richter
— Charles Francis Richter
I usually point out that most loss of life and property has been due to the collapse of antiquated and unsafe structures, mostly of brick and other masonry.
— Charles Francis Richter
— Charles Francis Richter
— Charles Francis Richter
— Charles Francis Richter
“I'm glad to see the press now referring to the open-ended Richter scale.”
— Charles Francis Richter
— Charles Francis Richter
— Charles Francis Richter
“Only fools, liars, and charlatans predict earthquakes”
— Charles Francis Richter
“The rose does not bloom without thorns. True, but would that the thorns did not outlive the rose.”
— Charles Francis Richter
“Spring makes everything young again except man.”
— Charles Francis Richter
It is a common remark that men talk most who think least; just as frogs cease their quacking when a light is brought to the water-side.
— Charles Francis Richter
“No joy in nature is so sublimely affecting as the joy of a mother at the good fortune of a child.”
— Charles Francis Richter
“It is good to have measured myself, to recognize my limitations.”
— Charles Francis Richter
— Charles Francis Richter
“Remembrance is the only paradise out of which we cannot be driven away.”
— Charles Francis Richter
The laboratory routine, which involves a great deal of measurement, filing, and tabulation, is either my lifeline or my chief handicap, I hardly know which.
— Charles Francis Richter
Lately there have been complaints that the use of the magnitude scale is confusing, or at least the reporting of magnitudes in the newspapers 'confuses the public.
— Charles Francis Richter
— Charles Francis Richter
“I would walk - not run - to the nearest seismograph.”
— Charles Francis Richter
I have a sense of humor; but over the years that sense has developed one blind spot. I can no longer laugh at ignorance or stupidity. Those are our chief enemies, and it is dangerous to make fun of them.
— Charles Francis Richter
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