The opposite of every great idea is another great idea.

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.

I don't understand, Jem. I don't understand why you'd leave me. Why would you that?

Our own story is even more important for us to know than history.

How inappropriate, ’ Lila said coldly. ‘Who’d ever dream of showing up at a dance in a wheelchair? What does she think she’s going to do all night?

Religion is poison because it asks us to give up our most precious faculty, which is that of reason, and to believe things without evidence. It then asks us to respect this, which it calls faith.

Anyone can produce a new fact; the thing is to produce a new idea.

A lemon drop. They're a kind of Muggle sweet I'm rather fond of.

Some of my friends snowmobile. I'm a little scared of it.

Armor is heavy, yet it is a proud burden, and a man standeth straight in it.

PETA is not happy that my dog likes fresh air.

I wish I had appreciated my youth - I should have worn tighter clothing when I could have!