You can be only a modest distance away from the gravity brane, and gravity will be incredibly weak.

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.

The door to her heart was locked up tight, but he could still see a faint glow escaping through the keyhole.

The most important thing I came to tell you is that I want your oath that you will keep an open mind...about everything that may seem impossible.

I am not a book collector, and I am not fussy about particular editions. As long as the words are there I don't mind.

We all have hometown appetites.

There's no relief, really, for me. I have relief after the Super Bowl. I set a goal to win the Super Bowl and that's where I'm going with it.

The attention from the fashion world is something that I didn't expect. I've shot with Bruce Weber and met Karl Lagerfeld. Having that kind of attention is really exciting.

Don't hate on my fans. Hate on me.

Life is about more than earning a living, and if you're not in the habit of thinking about it, you can end up middle-aged or even older and shocked to realize that your life seems empty.

Rickey don't like it when Rickey can't find Rickey's limo.

I'm very sensual and very rhythm-oriented and into poetry. Women can feel that.