Having begun my life in science searching for the equation beyond time, I now believe that the deepest secret of the universe is that its essence rests in how it unfolds moment by moment in time.

One possibility is: God is nothing but the power of the universe to organize itself.

Deep, persistent problems are never solved by accident; they are solved only by people who are obsessed with them and set out to solve them directly.

Surprise is inherent in the structure of the world.

There is nothing outside the universe.

On the way, I shared the backseat of Feyerabend's little sports car with the inflatable raft he kept there in case an 8-point earthquake came while he was on the Bay Bridge.

Some string theorists prefer to believe that string theory is too arcane to be understood by human beings, rather than consider the possibility that it might just be wrong.

Science is not about what's true or what might be true, science is about what people with originally diverse viewpoints can be forced to believe by the weight of public evidence.

Simplicity and beauty are the signs not of truth but of a well-constructed approximate model of a limited domain of phenomena.

Any two particles in the universe attract each other through the gravitational interaction.

We know no more than we did in 1975 - and that's not good

but for my own part, if a book is well written, I always find it too short.

When you see disavowal, change it with your hands, if you can’t, change it with your words, and if you can’t as well, change it with your heart.” -131

I thought I detected a bit of wonder in his voice, that he'd like to become part of a story, any story.

There is not a fiercer hell than the failure in a great object.

As a young boy, I was taught in high school that hacking was cool.

Don't go to the grave with life unused.

Wave it high, and don't trip and fall.

Dogs never lie about love.

I think in some ways, it can do a listener a disservice to explain a song. I think I'd rather leave a little room for people to put themselves in it.

I'm not to the point where I need to shut myself off from people, unless I feel like I need to, but I don't force myself to deal with people.