Particle physics suffers more from being infected by the socio-political mood of the day than from lack of spectacular opportunities for major and profound discoveries.

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.

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

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

I will never forget the magic I felt the moment I kissed your lips.

Don't ask the world to stop moving because you have doubts.

I refer to them as miracles-although some may call them fortunate circumstances-because I believe there are no accidents or surprises with God.

If I had been on 'Bowling for Dollars', I'd wind up owing them money.

It is almost as difficult to make a man unlearn his errors as his knowledge.

War, sometimes you have to go for it, you know?

The most profound things are inexpressible.

Being accepted by the world is the worst thing that can happen to the Church.

It seems like the more I live, the more I realize that saying 'yes' is almost never a mistake. If you say no, it might feel safe, but then you end up going nowhere.

Every man is indeed bound to do what he can to promote the good of others, and a man who is of no use to anyone is strictly worthless.