I'm so old I can remember when the Dead Sea was only sick.

Theorists write all the popular books on science: Heinz Pagels, Frank Wilczek, Stephen Hawking, Richard Feynman, et al. And why not? They have all that spare time.

Physics isn't a religion. If it were, we'd have a much easier time raising money.

The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God.

I sometimes think about the tower at Pisa as the first particle accelerator, a (nearly) vertical linear accelerator that Galileo used in his studies.

Those who do not stop asking silly questions become scientists.

We hope to explain the entire universe in a single, simple formula that you can wear on your T-shirt.

Science should have no less lofty a goal. My ambition is to live to see all of physics reduced to a formula so elegant and simple that it will fit easily on the front of a T-shirt.

My children have often asked me why I never received a Nobel Prize. I used to tell them it was because the Nobel committee couldn’t make up its mind which of my projects to recognize.

One of the major ingredients for professional success in science is luck. Without this, forget it.

Neutrinos ... win the minimalist contest: zero charge, zero radius, and very possibly zero mass.

I was a sinner. I knew that without a doubt. But I was not alone. And the night was the accomplice of us all.

Who can separate his faith from his actions or his belief from his occupations?

I think by not letting young people be fully informed, how can they have energy and passion and the right picture of the world? I think that's the true crime.

There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise.

The release of 'Chinese Democracy' marks a historic moment in rock n' roll.

I believe it is my obligation to tell the story of the civil rights movement to the next generation.

I'll never make any resolutions. Drop all resolutions! Let life be a natural spontaneity. The only golden rule is that there are no golden rules.

I'm so pleased to see us talking gender specific messages that are focusing on men on a way I think it needs to be focused in on and I think it's important.

Listening to your own sets and listening to the audience as you perform. It's a conversation of sorts. There is an exchange.

Job's unraveling wasn't wrong or sinful; rather, it was emotionally realistic.