We often say that the earth is a sphere, but to be precise, the term sphere refers only to the surface. The correct mathematical term for the solid earth is a ball.

There is so much to groak; So little to groak from.

Einstein, in the special theory of relativity, proved that different observers, in different states of motion, see different realities.

A lot of my research time is spent daydreaming - telling an imaginary admiring audience of laymen how to understand some difficult scientific idea.

You have to say now that space is something. Space can vibrate, space can fluctuate, space can be quantum mechanical, but what the devil is it?

Unforeseen surprises are the rule in science, not the exception. Remember: Stuff happens.

[Richard Feynman] truly believed that if you couldn't explain something simply, you didn't understand it.

I was from a poor Jewish family in the South Bronx. My father was a plumber, but when I was 16, he got sick and I had to take over. Being a plumber in the South Bronx wasn't fun.

I was going to engineering school but fell in love with physics.

Science blogs bore me. When everyone is an expert, no one is an expert.

At some point we have to give up and say that's just the way it is. Or, not give up and push on.

Fair weather cometh out of the north.

Physicians, of all men, are most happy; whatever good success soever they have, the world proclaimeth; and what faults they commit, the earth covereth.

There is probably no greater idler than myself. And I would consider myself a lazy-bones if I did not write so many volumes, and if I did not admire my diligence once I begin writing.

Life is for my own to live my own way.

A cliché is like a coin that has been handled too much. Once language has been overly handled, it no longer leaves a clear imprint.

You know, North Korea situation is far worse than East Germany, and South Korea is weaker than West Germany.

One of the brightest gems in the New England weather is the dazzling uncertainty of it.

I didn't have any idea that I would be able to have a career in film.

I'm probably, if I might, if I stray I might write, go into screenplay or do something in film. Something like that but I think I'm pretty much going to stick to what I'm good at.

Thank you for your input; I can tell you are struggling towards being interesting.