I am a great believer in the simplicity of things and as you probably know I am inclined to hang on to broad & simple ideas like grim death until evidence is too strong for my tenacity.

All of physics is either impossible or trivial. It is impossible until you understand it, and then it becomes trivial.

Never say, "I tried it once and it did not work."

A theory that you can't explain to a bartender is probably no damn good.

We haven't got the money, so we've got to think.

An alleged scientific discovery has no merit unless it can be explained to a barmaid.

It was almost as incredible as if you fired a 15-inch shell at a piece of tissue paper and it came back and hit you.

If your experiment needs statistics, you ought to have done a better experiment.

The only possible conclusion the social sciences can draw is: some do, some don't.

All science is either physics or stamp collecting.

I must confess it was very unexpected and I am very startled at my metamorphosis into a chemist.

There's a stark difference between the words 'prodigy' and 'genius.' Prodigies can very quickly learn what other people have already figured out

Do not commit the error common among the young of assuming that if you cannot save the whole of mankind you have failed.

Experts say you should never hit your children in anger. When is a good time? When you're feeling festive?

As an artist you have a choice. You can add more confusion and darkness to the world or you can shine a light, make a beauty.

I feel like I have a hangover, without all the happy memories and mystery bruises.

I can control the flow of paint: there is no accident.

We love disasters that have nothing to do with us

You get yourself prepared for a big game, you get yourself up for it. Then afterwards you don't sleep or eat properly.

What we have never had, remains; It is the things we have that go.

I always thought realistic was a better way to explain things that were "dramedies" because life is like that. It's funny, it's dramatic and to me that's how I see it.