"Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius. Words of intellect and observation that transcend fiction."

"Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another."

"I have been struck again and again by how important measurement is to improving the human condition."

"Engineering is the closest thing to magic that exists in the world."

"Science is discovering the essential truths about what exists in the Universe, engineering is about creating things that never existed."

"Sentiment must be outlawed from the domain of science."

"Sentiment must be outlawed from the domain of science and things should be judged from an objective standpoint."

"If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music."

"Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it."

"Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous."

"Politics is for the present, but an equation is for eternity."

"Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character."

"To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science."

"God does not play dice with the universe."

"A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be."