I do not see how a man can work on the frontiers of physics and write poetry at the same time. They are in opposition.

I consider that I understand an equation when I can predict the properties of its solutions, without actually solving it.

A theory with mathematical beauty is more likely to be correct than an ugly one that fits some experimental data.

God used beautiful mathematics in creating the world.

It seems that if one is working from the point of view of getting beauty in one's equations, and if one has really a sound insight, one is on a sure line of progress.

Living is worthwhile if one can contribute in some small way to this endless chain of progress.

If there is a God, he's a great mathematician.

If we are honest - and scientists have to be - we must admit that religion is a jumble of false assertions, with no basis in reality.

It is more important to have beauty in one's equations than to have them fit experiment.

One could perhaps describe the situation by saying that God is a mathematician of a very high order, and He used very advanced mathematics in constructing the universe.

Scientific progress is measured in units of courage, not intelligence.

On the seventh day God ended his work which he had made and he rested on the seventh day.

I don't starve myself. Anyone who knows me will tell you I have an appetite. I'd much rather work out and not diet than not work out and have to diet.

I am going to do as much as I can do, because I hate to do anything and not give my all.

So, it's a continual process of trial and error and then I find things and I throw it out and start again, but I keep writing it over again.

Whatever you love opens its secrets to you.

That's what I take pride in in my stand-up, is changing things up. Being special.

Some people can't learn to play the guitar by reading a book. You have to actually try to manage a bit and you won't do well at first.

Art is not escape, but a way of finding order in chaos, a way of confronting life.

The thing that cowardice fears most is decision

One simply cannot pay tribute to Stephen Covey without saying at the outset that he was a lovely human being.