All rising curves that show unwelcome trends in human affairs will approach infinity if extended far enough, but it is we who dictate the curve and not vice versa.

A physicist is just an atom's way of looking at itself.

Everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real.

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

An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field.

When we measure something we are forcing an undetermined, undefined world to assume an experimental value. We are not measuring the world, we are creating it.

I go into the Upanishads to ask questions.

There are some things so serious you have to laugh at them.

The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness.

Nothing exists until it is measured.

No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical.

Not every problem can be solved. Some are okay simply to avoid. Go around the, go under them, whatever it takes to reach your higher goal. Sometimes you have to fail your way to success.

He might have perfect form and better swordsmanship, but I had one thing on my side that stacked the deck in my favor. I was absolutely crazy.

Fall down. Make a mess. Break something occasionally. Know that your mistakes are your own unique way of getting to where you need to be. And remember that the story is never over.

I believe Hillary [Clinton] should be the president. I believe having her and her husband in the White House is what the country needs .

The history of the world is the world's court of justice.

Is it right for you to be angry?

I'm not the best player in the history of tennis. I think I'm amongst the best. That's true. That's enough for me.

I want you to feel what I felt. I want you to know why story-truth is truer sometimes than happening-truth.

Religion, richest favor of the skies.