All of physics is either impossible or trivial. It is impossible until you understand it, and then it becomes trivial.

Never say, "I tried it once and it did not work."

A theory that you can't explain to a bartender is probably no damn good.

We haven't got the money, so we've got to think.

An alleged scientific discovery has no merit unless it can be explained to a barmaid.

It was almost as incredible as if you fired a 15-inch shell at a piece of tissue paper and it came back and hit you.

If your experiment needs statistics, you ought to have done a better experiment.

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

All science is either physics or stamp collecting.

I must confess it was very unexpected and I am very startled at my metamorphosis into a chemist.

Now I know what the atom looks like.

If while alive you hurt or disappoint people you love, there's no use continuing such behavior when you're dead.

The knowledge of Christ which is produced by man's own cleverness and wisdom is not a rock that can stand firm.

Trust me but look to thyself.

One of the toughest situations to be in is when you are objectively good at something, but realize that it's making you unhappy and unbalanced.

There are no problem horses, only problem riders.

It's very hard to separate what is a conscious decision and what's not.

Normally you read a screenplay - and I read a lot of them - and the characters don't feel like people. They feel like plot devices or cliches or stereotypes.

Childhood, whose very happiness is love.

You have to be careful who you let define your good.

The best part of breaking up... is when you're making up.