Isolated material particles are abstractions, their properties being definable and observable only through their interaction with other systems .

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.

You can't sweep something broken into a bag and call it whole. It takes repair.

Everything's Matter. Everything Matters.

Oh God, ” Jenna said, “will you shut up and kiss me before I change my mind?

The Southerners are the only cooks in the United States. The real difference between the South and the North is that one enjoys itself getting dyspepsia and the other does not.

Don't you get a swollen head. There's always someone who could come and do what you do, maybe even better, so be grateful and work hard.

I like to think that at the end of a show, you can just take your costume off and go to the pub.

Faith is the courage to face reality with hope.

If people are not laughing at your dreams at least once a week, you are aiming too low!

The entire world will be in nuclear war, and only the Swiss will be going, 'what's that noise?'

The creative man with an insight into human nature, with the artistry to touch and move people, will succeed. Without them he will fail.