Physics Quotes

In the progressive growth of astronomy, physics or mechanical science was developed, and when this had been, to a certain degree, successfully cultivated, it gave birth to the science of chemistry.

Unlike what you may be told in other sectors of life, when observing the universe, size does matter, which often leads to polite ‘telescope envy’ at gatherings of amateur astronomers.

Assessing existence while failing to embrace the insights of modern physics would be like wrestling in the dark with an unknown opponent.

Ronan didn't need physics. He could intimidate even a piece of plywood into doing what he wanted.

Physics depends on a universe infinitely centred on an equals sign.

Everyone now agrees that a physics lacking all connection with mathematics ... would only be an historical amusement, fitter for entertaining the idle than for occupying the mind of a philosopher.

A mathematician says that an electromagnetic wave travels from Andromeda to your eye and that it also extends from Andromeda to your eye.

I read a lot of science books - I love cosmology, quantum theory, particle physics. So my idea of a great read would probably put you directly into a coma.

Quantum physics is a bit of a passion of mine. It's extraordinary. There's a branch of mathematics that is based on lunacy, and that's wonderful.

The laws of physics are the canvas God laid down on which to paint his masterpiece.

American laws don't work, but at least the laws of physics might work.

The laws of physics must provide a mechanism for the universe to come into being.

Our knowledge of physics only takes us back so far. Before this instant of cosmic time, all the laws of physics or chemistry are as evanescent as rings of smoke.

Laws of physics laws of love of time and space and the (in)between place (in)between you and me and where we are lost and looking looking and lost

Ever since I was a kid, I've had an enormous interest in the sciences - everything from quantum physics to anthropology.

I'm fascinated with quantum physics.

[Heisenberg's seminal 1925 paper initiating quantum mechanics marked] one of the great jumps—perhaps the greatest—in the development of twentieth century physics.

Ive always really been into science, and in the last five years Ive gotten into theoretical physics and the origins of the universe.

It's as if we think the laws of physics are subject to debate and amendment and political contributions can sway the laws of physics.

I was just more stubborn and more passionate than most about physics.

What physics looks for: The simplest possible system of thought which will bind together the observed facts.

This change in the conception of reality is the most profound and the most fruitful that physics has experienced since the time of Newton. Refering to James Clerk Maxwell's contributions to physics.

Understanding physics is child's play when compared to understanding child's play.

Only in mathematics and physics was I, through self-study, far beyond the school curriculum, and also with regard to philosophy as it was taught in the school curriculum.

The laws of physics and chemistry must be the same in a crucible as in the larger laboratory of Nature.

Well, I'm leaning probably toward the sciences like physics.

Yeah, I am a guy working on physics outside of academia. But I'm nowhere near Einstein's caliber.

What physics tells us is that everything comes down to geometry and the interactions of elementary particles. And things can happen only if these interactions are perfectly balanced.

In the most modern theories of physics probability seems to have replaced aether as "the nominative of the verb 'to undulate'."

Science seems to be at war with itself.... Naive realism leads to physics, and physics, if true, shows naive realism to be false. Therefore naive realism, if true, is false; therefore it is false.

Physics, owing to the simplicity of its subject matter, has reached a higher state of development than any other science.

The mathematicians of this world regard themselves as 'physicists,' yet they know next to nothing about Physics.

If you were running a solar company you may be okay - you may be able to keep growing. The question for physics is: Can you grow fast enough to begin to catch up with the damage?

Instead of physicists teaching physics, physicists should go home and see what physics applies to their home.

And within the world that you've created, the physics of that world have to remain constant; they can't be amorphous and changing.

When I was 18, science, physics, and math were my favorite. I was a bit of a nerd - the only girl with a lot of boys at chess championships.

I was already sort of mixing my science physics enthusiasm with entertainment and directing and puppetry.

In my teenage years I was put off the idea of a career in flying, because I'd convinced myself that you had to be a boffin with degrees in maths and physics, which were my weakest subjects.

Don't waste your time on beaming people up or down. Instead, consider gravity waves as advanced physics of the universe that could be used to travel interstellar distances.

The point is that for our ancestors, the universe was a picture; for modern physics it is a story.

It's physics. Pure physics, I'm falling fast and faster still. So fall with me. Fall down with me. And stay.

If I wasn't acting or doing stand-up, I would be in animation. Or if I had the discipline I might studies physics.

There is nothing special in the world. nothing magic. just physics.

To label Jason Randal a magician does a disservice. You'll think the laws of physics, nature, the universe itself have been suspended. He's as good as Houdini was at his best!

Their minds sang with the ecstatic knowledge that either what they were doing was completely and utterly and totally impossible or that physics had a lot of catching up to do.

The basic science is not physics or mathematics but biology -- the study of life. We must learn to think both logically and bio-logically.

Digital mechanics predicts that for every continuous symmetry of physics there will be some microscopic process that violates that symmetry.

Everything is energy. It's physics. So I find the science of it all interesting; how 90% of stuff that's in our universe is made of stuff that we can't even measure. I find that fascinating.

Yes, I was really good in physics and in math.

I just really like ants, and I really like science. I was interested and curious about the quantum world and the physics behind how it all works.