From a long view of the history of mankind the most significant event of the nineteenth century will be judged as Maxwell's discovery of the laws of electrodynamics.

If you think you understand quantum mechanics, you don't understand quantum mechanics.

Our responsibility is to do what we can, learn what we can, improve the solutions, and pass them on.

It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't matter how smart you are. If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong.

If you can't explain something to a first year student, then you haven't really understood .

God was invented to explain mystery. God is always invented to explain those things that you do not understand.

Nature uses only the longest threads to weave her patterns, so that each small piece of her fabric reveals the organization of the entire tapestry.

My rule is, when you are unhappy, think about it. But when you're happy, don't. Why spoil it? You're probably happy for some ridiculous reason and you'd just spoil it to know it.

Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt.

The only way to deep happiness is to do something you love to the best of your ability

Einstein was a giant. His head was in the clouds, but his feet were on the ground. But those of us who are not that tall have to choose!

Shall I compare thee to a barrel of apples?Though art more hairy, but sweeter inside.Rough winds couldn't keep me from taking you to chapel, Where finally a horse could take a bride...

Make your body a holy temple.

The mercy of God's grace guides me in the right path.

Sometimes leadership is planting trees under whose shade you'll never sit. It may not happen fully till after I'm gone. But I know that the steps we're taking are the right steps.

I watch people's behavior and notice things. I think that's why I became a comedian. I notice how stupid the things we do are.

December's wintery breath is already clouding the pond, frosting the pane, obscuring summer's memory.

Treat a thousand dispositions in a thousand ways.

I think that Iran with a nuclear weapon is extremely destabilizing. I think it could precipitate a nuclear arms race in the region.

It's hard to be a friend to someone who's depressed, but it is one of the kindest, noblest, and best things you will ever do.

Marry a man / woman you love to talk to. As you get older, their conversational skills will be as important as any other.