In science, there are no universal truths, just views of the world that have yet to be shown to be false. — Brian Cox Science Copy Share Image
You dig deeper and it gets more and more complicated, and you get confused, and it's tricky and it's hard, but... It… — Brian Cox Beautiful Copy Share Image
I'm 100% Celt. In fact, I'm directly related to the progenitor of the high kings of Ireland, Niall of the Nine Hostages. — Brian Cox Copy Share Image
I've directed a couple of times in the theater, but I wouldn't make a habit of it because it's too consuming. — Brian Cox Copy Share Image
Every carbon atom in every living thing on the planet was produced in the heart of a dying star. — Brian Cox Astronomy Copy Share Image
There is a history of mental breakdowns in my family. It will never happen to me but it has happened to others… — Brian Cox Breakdowns Copy Share Image
The problem is that the U.K. in essence is a feudal society. It's everyone in their place. — Brian Cox Essence Copy Share Image
In a sense I feel very much a part of the cinema now in a way where when I come back to… — Brian Cox Cinema Copy Share Image
People always make that mistake when they talk about theatre - the notion of the 'theatrical' meaning something separate from life. If… — Brian Cox Copy Share Image
“The practice of science happens at the border between the known and the unknown. Standing on the shoulders of giants, we peer… — Brian Cox Darkness Copy Share Image
“[All good research scientists understand that] no position is unassailable. There are no absolute truth in science. Authority counts for nothing when… — Brian Cox Absolute truth Copy Share Image
There's so much light in Broughty Ferry. I think the humour in Glasgow is darker, because it's much more gloomy, there's a… — Brian Cox Copy Share Image
Ah, there's a director. Astonishing, Spike Lee. A feisty guy, but a guy who's, I think, incredibly misunderstood. I think people review… — Brian Cox Copy Share Image
The heritage of a British actor revolves around the challenges of playing the classic roles to meet certain levels of success as… — Brian Cox Actor Copy Share Image
I enjoy acting now more than I ever have. I've had lots of difficult times when I was younger, but that was… — Brian Cox Copy Share Image
The hardest thing to do in movies is be a day-part player. You have to go in, make your mark, and get… — Brian Cox Copy Share Image
Feudal societies don't create great cinema; we have great theatre. The egalitarian societies create great cinema. The Americans, the French. Because equality… — Brian Cox Copy Share Image
Light is the only connection we have with the Universe beyond our solar system, and the only connection our ancestors had with… — Brian Cox Ancestor Copy Share Image
“You are exporting disorder [in the form of heat into the Universe] now as you read this book. You are hastening the… — Brian Cox Astronomy Copy Share Image
The aim of particle physics is to understand what everything’s made of, and how everything sticks together. By everything I mean me… — Brian Cox Copy Share Image
I was living in London and I thought, 'There's nothing here for me anymore.' I don't want to become this actor who's… — Brian Cox Actor Copy Share Image
I actually went to see 'Rushmore,' and I came late, and I missed myself. It was great, that scene. I caught that… — Brian Cox Copy Share Image
My mother Molly had a nervous breakdown after my father Chic died, aged 50. He was a very generous man who ran… — Brian Cox Copy Share Image
“Look at any randomly selected piece of your world. Encoded deep in the biology of every cell in every blade of grass,… — Brian Cox Biology Copy Share Image
The story of the universe finally comes to an end. For the first time in its life, the universe will be permanent… — Brian Cox Copy Share Image
“Later, we shall see that if it were possible to exceed the speed of light, we could construct time machines capable of… — Brian Cox History Copy Share Image
“Our experience teaches us that there are indeed laws of nature, regularities in the way things behave, and that these laws are… — Brian Cox Consistency Copy Share Image
We are the cosmos made conscious and life is the means by which the universe understands itself. — Brian Cox Astronomy Copy Share Image
When we look out into space, we are looking into our own origins, because we are truly children of the stars. — Brian Cox Astronomy Copy Share Image
Skepticism must go hand in hand with rationality. When theories are shown to be false, the correct thing to do is to… — Brian Cox Doubt Copy Share Image
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