My father was a schoolteacher and my mother came from a teacher's family.

I visited the Gymnasium in The Hague and passed my final examination (in the sciences section) in 1943.

Nevertheless, if I have at times been able to make original contributions in the accelerator field, I cannot help feeling that to a certain extent my slightly amateur approach in physics, combined with much practical experience, was an asset.

Dit is geen kroeg of studentehuis. Dit is een ziekenhuis en het is niet de bedoeling dat hier 's avonds een jolige of rumoerige sfeer hangt. Jullie zijn opgenomen omdat jullie ziek zijn. Het moet hier niet te gezellig worden.

The father is always a Republican toward his son, and his mother's always a Democrat.

If you asked anybody in my family, they would have very stridently proclaimed themselves middle class. My mother and father were separated, so he doesn't count.