The development of science is basically a social phenomenon, dependent on hard work and mutual support of many scientists and on the societies in which they live.

The beaver told the rabbit as they stared at the Hoover Dam: No, I didn't build it myself, but it's based on an idea of mine

I strongly believe in the existence of God, based on intuition, observations, logic, and also scientific knowledge.

When God said "Let there be light" he surely must have meant perfectly coherent light.

Much public thinking follows a rut. The same thing is true in science. People get stuck and don't look in other directions.

It's almost a sort of fairy story tale, just what a novelist would write about a discovery.

The late Richard Feynman, a superb physicist, said once as we talked about the laser that the way to tell a great idea is that, when people hear it, they say, 'Gee, I could have thought of that.'

The imposing edifice of science provides a challenging view of what can be achieved by the accumulation of many small efforts in a steady objective and dedicated search for truth.

In many cases, people who win a Nobel prize, their work slows down after that because of the distractions. Yes, fame is rewarding, but it's a pity if it keeps you from doing the work you are good at.

Many have a feeling that somehow intelligence must have been involved in the laws of the universe.

If I say I'll help you I'll help you. If I say I'll kill you I'll kill you. Everything else is ripples of maybe.

If it all just happened overnight, you would never learn to believe in what you cannot see.

Prayer is a wine which makes glad the heart of man

In some ways, they've added one more card to their playing hand.

Well, I did say we'll put it out and we'll put it out when we can. But I don't know what we can put out or when we can put it out.

Acceptance means commitment, among other things.

E'en the rough rocks with tender myrtle bloom, and trodden weeds send out a rich perfume.

There's one thing you can't download and that's a live performance. And I know how to put on a show, and enjoy performing, and I'll always have that.

Life should be lived on the edge of life.

As a military child I first learned how to deal with different types of people and how to deal with order.