"Quantum physics is not a step forward; it is a new way to understand reality. Einstein's opened the door, [and] now we are seeing a world inside of our world; a world of energy and paradox that not everyone can accept."

"Members of the security board, the so-called derogatory information in your indictment of me cannot be fully understood except in the context of my life and my work."

"Oh-penheimer, Op-penheimer; whatever way you say it, they know I'm Jewish."

"[in response to being asked if he met Werner Heisenberg after leaving Europe] No, not in person no - but you might say that our paths crossed."

"[to Oppenheimer] You're the great improviser, but this you can't do in your head."

"Is light made up of particles or waves? Quantum mechanics says it's both. How can it be both? It can't. It's paradoxical, and yet, it works."

"[to Oppenheimer, referring to Teller] You shook his fucking hand?!"

"Harrison Gilbertson - Philip Morrison"

"[referring to the hydrogen bomb] If it could put us ahead again, the President of the United States needs to know about it. And if there’s a possibility that the Russians know about it from a spy at Los Alamos, then we’ve gotta get going."

"Harry S. Truman: [to Oppenheimer] You think anyone in Hiroshima or Nagasaki gives a shit who built the bomb? They care who dropped it. I did. Hiroshima isn’t about you."

"[referring to Oppenheimer] A lot of scientists blame me, but how was I supposed to protect him?"

"Why go through all this against a man who’s accomplished what Dr. Oppenheimer has? Look at his record; we have an A-bomb and a whole series of it, and we have a whole series of Super bombs. What more do you want? Mermaids?"

"[referring to who is behind Oppenheimer's "security hearing"] Wake up! It is Strauss! It’s always been Strauss, and you know it. Why won’t you fight!?"

"I’m committed to thinking freely about how to improve our world. Why limit yourself to one dogma?"

"Alden Ehrenreich - a Senate aide to Lewis Strauss"

"[[w:Ernest_Lawrence|[Ernest] Lawrence]], you embrace the revolution in physics, can’t you see it everywhere else? Picasso, Stravinsky, Freud, Marx..."

"So here we are, lost in your quantum world of probabilities and needing certainty."

"- J. Robert Oppenheimer"

"Casey Affleck -"

"Emily Blunt - Katherine "Kitty" Oppenheimer"

"Matt Damon -"

"[to Oppenheimer] About the only thing you and I share is a disdain for mathematics."

"You think because you let them tar and feather you that the world will forgive you? They won't."

"Emma Dumont - Jackie Oppenheimer"

"George Kistiakowsky: [referring to the Trinity Gadget] A month of my salary against ten bucks says it lights."

"You’ve served America well, and if this is the reward she has to offer, then perhaps you should turn your back on her."

"Tony Goldwyn - Gordon Gray"

"Michael A. Baker - Joe Volpe"

"David Rysdahl - Donald Hornig"

"Lilli Hornig: It’s no longer the enemy who are the greatest threat to mankind - it’s us. Our work."

"Tim DeKay - John Pastore"

"James Urbaniak - Kurt Gödel"

"Phillip Morrison: But how do we justify using this weapon on human beings?"

"Macon Blair - Lloyd K. Garrison"

"Devon Bostick - Seth Neddermeyer"

"Harry Groener - Gale W. McGee"

"Scott Grimes - Counsel"

"Kurt Koehler - Thomas A. Morgan"

"Jean Tatlock: Don’t alienate the only people in the world who understand what you do. One day you might need them."

"Gary Oldman - Harry S. Truman"

"John Gowans - Ward Evans"

"Jack Cutmore-Scott - Lyall Johnson"

"James Remar - Henry Stimson"

"Trond Fausa Aurvåg - George Kistiakowsky"

"Olli Haaskivi - Edward Condon"

"Genius is no guarantee of wisdom."

"Enrico Fermi: [referring to the hydrogen bomb] It's a weapon of attack with no defensive value."