Scientists are really very conscious of the fact that they stand on the shoulders of an enormous tree of preceding workers and that their own contribution is not so enormous.

It is not necessarily true that expensive experiments are not worthwhile doing but there are plenty of rather cheap experiments which are certainly worth doing.

I am a caricature of what British science is about in the way I work.

I think British science is becoming more like American science - and then there is everybody else, I'm afraid.

Now Stan and I were still working in secret at that time but, because of this development, we had to inform the University of Utah because we thought that they might need to take patent protection.

I think you know that I classify science as British science, American science, and everybody else.

American science is much more organized, much more hierarchical than British science has been.

You see, I am a very conventional scientist, really.

The problem is that replacement of Quantum Mechanics by Quantum Field Theory is still very demanding.

I don't suppose I'll ever retire completely.

One of my theme songs is that if you can't do it in a test tube, don't do it.

I'm drawn to characters who bear similarities to the protagonists in myths and legends. (...)

It has always been recognized that chess is an art, and its best practitioners have been described as artists.

Can words such as Orthodox, Jew, or Catholic really express some sort of exclusive personal virtues or merits?

As men are affected in all ages by the same passions, the occasions which bring about great changes are different, but the causes are always the same.

Where there is cake, there is hope. And there is always cake.

There is no failure except the failure of trying.

Americans used to be able to depend on their jobs to provide a stable retirement.

artists are exposed to great temptations: their eyes see paradise before their souls have reached it, and that is a great danger.

God loves us and seeks our redemption, at times through angels.

When it comes to female fan attention, I'm married, so obviously I avoid the places where you might get unwanted female attention - clubs and social environments, bars and public spaces.