Our hypotheses are initially rooted in theoretical consistency and elegance, but...ultimatel y it is experiment not rigid belief that determines what is correct.

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.

Nat, ” he whispered and lowered his head. Her heart missed a beat as his soft mouth brushed against hers. Then his lips were atop hers, firmly, his tongue sliding against them.

How do you swallow the truth after a diet of lies?

A woman must be nursed into subsistence by love, where a man can become stronger by being hated." - from 'Cows in Art Class

My goal... not to go back to Rembrandt... but to bring the great tradition and whatever is great about it, up to date.

What's good and bad, sweet spirit, are in the eye of the beholder.

Good books do not make people wiser or happier--only more conscious.

Often people see doctrines as a checklist. Here are the following nineteen truths which you've got to believe to be a good sound Christian.

The single most powerful asset we all have is our mind. If it is trained well, it can create enormous wealth in what seems to be an instant.

She didn't strike me as a "crossword in ink" kind of girl

I'm sort of like a maniac, and I can't get out of it.