It was essential to do this job, hateful though it was, because we knew the Germans were hot on the trail.

- Mark Oliphant

Going after the unknown is always fascinating, I think. It becomes part of your life, this desire to know.

- Mark Oliphant

I lost my hair mixing a substance called white gunpowder on the kitchen table.

- Mark Oliphant

I worked with him for ten years until he died and it was the most wonderful time of my life.

- Mark Oliphant