I have concluded that we are in a world made by rules created by an intelligence.

It is very difficult to make an accurate prediction, especially about the future.

A great deal of my work is just playing with equations and seeing what they give.

There is no adequate defense, except stupidity, against the impact of a new idea.

If all of mathematics disappeared, physics would be set back by exactly one week.

Yes, I did feel a special responsibility to be the first American woman in space.

Latest survey shows that 3 out of 4 people make up 75% of the world's population.

Self-confidence is an important ingredient that makes for a successful physicist.

Politicians - well, first of all, they should get rid of nuclear weapons, I think.

Life improves slowly and goes wrong fast, and only catastrophe is clearly visible.

The only possible conclusion the social sciences can draw is: some do, some don't.

Matter and energy seem granular in structure, and so does “life”, but not so mind.

There are two kinds of people in the world: Johnny Von Neumann and the rest of us.

For me, my home is a peaceful place where I can rest, and it gives me back energy.

Among the questions we have in mind: dark matter, antimatter, and matter symmetry.

Technology without morality is barbarous; morality without technology is impotent.

Nature...does not act by means of many things when it can do so by means of a few.

Incontrovertible is not a scientific word. Nothing is incontrovertible in science.

We are still too close to the birth of the universe to be certain about its death.

All creeds and opinions are nothing but the mere result of chance and temperament.

Nothing but the infinite Pity is sufficient for the infinite pathos of human life.

Whether you can go back in time is held in the grip of the law of quantum gravity.

Social rejection doesn't just cause emotional pain; it affects our physical being.

The true measure of a man is what he would do if he knew he would never be caught.

If quantum mechanics hasn't profoundly shocked you, you haven't understood it yet.

Ultimate questions will always lie beyond the scope of empirical science as it is.

When you look at a vacuum in a quantum theory of fields, it isn't exactly nothing.

The real problem in speech is not precise language. The problem is clear language.

Philosophy of science is about as useful to scientists as ornithology is to birds.

All theoretical chemistry is really physics; and all theoretical chemists know it.

I have to keep going to find out ultimately what is the matter with it in the end.

Investigating the forces that hold the nuclear particles together was a long task.

Nature was not satisfied by a simple point charge but required a charge with spin.

One is always a long way from solving a problem until one actually has the answer.

God not only plays dice, but also sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen.

I have a full and satisfying life. My work and my family are very important to me.

Not only is the Universe stranger than we think, it is stranger than we can think.

Space is so close: It took only eight minutes to get there and twenty to get back.

A number of current theoretical explorations will turn out to be passing fancies...

Ultimately, the entire universe...has to be understood as a single undivided whole.

Science is not a collection of truths. It is a continuing exploration of mysteries.

The media always tries to make everything into a disaster, but it's mostly rubbish.

Nature is as it is because this is the only possible nature consistent with itself.

Is a planetary surface the right place for an expanding technological civilization?

Reality is complicated. There is no justification for all of the hasty conclusions.

If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.

There are more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible than in any profane history.

There are more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible that in any profane history.

Politicians often misuse science for political ends and to pursue their own agenda.

Sabbath's golden rule: Cease from what is necessary. Embrace that which gives life.

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