Caesium Atomic Clock

Famous quotes containing the words atomic and/or clock:

    “One has to look out for engineers—they begin with sewing machines and end up with the atomic bomb.”
    —Marcel Pagnol (1895–1974)

    “A junky runs on junk time. When his junk is cut off, the clock runs down and stops. All he can do is hang on and wait for non-junk time to start.”
    —William Burroughs (b. 1914)