Religion can have psychological and social roles, but in terms of really explaining how things work, science works differently. Science is based on material elements at the core.

Creativity is essential to particle physics, cosmology, and to mathematics, and to other fields of science, just as it is to its more widely acknowledged beneficiaries - the arts and humanities.

It's hubris to think that the way we see things is everything there is.

Basically, I wasn't properly socialized, so it made sense to do physics.

When it comes to the world around us, is there any choice but to explore?

One of the nice things about math and science is it’s obvious, you get the answer or you don’t get the answer.

Speculation and the exploration of ideas beyond what we know with certainty are what lead to progress.

Sometimes models are surprisingly smart.

Travel at faster than the speed of light certainly can have dramatic implications that are difficult to understand, such as time travel.

I did not set out to explain the extinction of the dinosaurs. I'm a particle physicist, and I was actually thinking about dark matter along with some collaborators.

Science is a combination of theory and experiment and the two together are how you make progress.

Change makers don’t think change making is someone else’s job, but rather their calling to fulfill. They take responsibility and face challenges.

Failure is only but a temporary phenomenon.

I still own my heart, which I know because it hurts so much.

HONOR ways did not won the WAR

I don't want to know what they think of me - there's always going to be someone who won't like it and that'll just upset me. So, if I'm happy with it, it just matters if I've done my little vision.

I try to remind myself that nothing is permanent.

You have to go, but I have to stay.

Mathematics has beauty and romance. It's not a boring place to be, the mathematical world. It's an extraordinary place; it's worth spending time there.

Nobody has ever had to go off following one of my tackles and nobody has broken their leg.

I don’t know what the explosion did, but it damaged something deep and irreparable. Never mind. If I get home, I’ll be so stinking rich, I’ll be able to pay someone to do my hearing.