Indeed, I would feel that an appreciation of the arts in a conscious, disciplined way might help one to do science better.

The black holes of nature are the most perfect macroscopic objects there are in the universe: the only elements in their construction are our concepts of space and time.

God is Man's greatest invention

Science is a perception of the world around us. Science is a place where what you find in nature pleases you.

Beauty is that to what the human mind responds at its deepest and most profound.

In some strange way, any new fact or insight that I may have found has not seemed to me as a "discovery" of mine, but rather something that had always been there and that I had chanced to pick up.

I am aware of the usefulness of science to society and of the benefits society derives from it.

All the standard equations of mathematical physics can be separated and solved in Kerr geometry.

No relationship comes with a guarantee, but I’d rather fail with you than succeed with anyone else.

There is no shame in not knowing your history, the shame lies in not finding out.

Ah, well...hell is full of burning boats, did you know that, Nadir? I daresay that's what makes it so bloody hot.

Scotland needs comedy more than ever. With the independence debate, finally after 300 years, reaching room temperature.

Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin' too.

Cynicism such as one finds very frequently among the most highly educated young men and women of the West, results from the combination of comfort and powerlessness.

I say God is the ultimate.

Save others, snatching them out of the fire.

It's fear that makes us lose our conscience. It's also what transforms us into cowards.

However, when my parents married in 1945, China was in turmoil and the possibility of returning grew increasingly remote, and they decided to begin their family in the United States.