--- title: "1 Involved Science Quotes By Alan Guth" description: "1 Involved Science quotes by Alan Guth. Plus more from Alan Guth and more Involved Science sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26f/alan-guth-18636_college_my-parents-were-not-at-all-involved-in-s_398571.png" --- > [My parents were not at all involved in science. In fact, neither of them went to college.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-guth/my-parents-were-not-at-all-involved-in-science-in-fact-neither-of/) [Alan Guth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-guth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26f/alan-guth-18636_college_my-parents-were-not-at-all-involved-in-s_398571.png) ## More by Alan Guth > [If one just tried to invent a universe on one's own, it would probably end up being a much less colorful and interesting universe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-guth/if-one-just-tried-to-invent-a-universe-on-one-s-own-it-would-probably/) [Alan Guth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-guth/) > [Space is certainly something more complicated than the average person would probably realize. Space is not just an empty background in which things happen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-guth/space-is-certainly-something-more-complicated-than-the-average-person/) [Alan Guth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-guth/) > [I am not aware of any sensible theory of how classical gravity could interact with quantum matter, and I can't imagine how such a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-guth/i-am-not-aware-of-any-sensible-theory-of-how-classical-gravity-could/) [Alan Guth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-guth/) > [My parents were not at all involved in science. In fact, neither of them went to college.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-guth/my-parents-were-not-at-all-involved-in-science-in-fact-neither-of/) [Alan Guth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-guth/) > [The idea of combining the physics of modern particle theory with cosmology was very young when I started working on cosmology.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-guth/the-idea-of-combining-the-physics-of-modern-particle-theory-with/) [Alan Guth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-guth/) > [It is rather fantastic to realize that the laws of physics can describe how everything was created in a random quantum fluctuation out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-guth/it-is-rather-fantastic-to-realize-that-the-laws-of-physics-can/) [Alan Guth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-guth/) > [Reformed Jews don't have to quite believe in God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-guth/reformed-jews-don-t-have-to-quite-believe-in-god/) [Alan Guth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-guth/) > [When one studies the properties of atoms, one found that the reality is far stranger than anybody would have invented in the form of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-guth/when-one-studies-the-properties-of-atoms-one-found-that-the-reality/) [Alan Guth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-guth/) > [If you bang two electrons together with enough energy, you produce protons. If there are no independent laws, then all the properties of protons…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-guth/if-you-bang-two-electrons-together-with-enough-energy-you-produce/) [Alan Guth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-guth/) > [The Big Bang theory says nothing about what banged, why it banged, or what happened before it banged.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-guth/the-big-bang-theory-says-nothing-about-what-banged-why-it-banged-or/) [Alan Guth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-guth/) > [The recent developments in cosmology strongly suggest that the universe may be the ultimate free lunch.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-guth/the-recent-developments-in-cosmology-strongly-suggest-that-the/) [Alan Guth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-guth/) > [It's actually safe to create a universe in your basement.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-guth/it-s-actually-safe-to-create-a-universe-in-your-basement/) [Alan Guth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-guth/) > [I think I always wanted to go into physics. What always fascinated me about science was the desire to understand what underlies it all,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-guth/i-think-i-always-wanted-to-go-into-physics-what-always-fascinated-me/) [Alan Guth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-guth/) > [From a theoretical point of view, it is very hard to imagine how gravity could avoid being quantized.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-guth/from-a-theoretical-point-of-view-it-is-very-hard-to-imagine-how/) [Alan Guth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-guth/) > [I'm pretty slow at writing papers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-guth/i-m-pretty-slow-at-writing-papers/) [Alan Guth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-guth/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/involved-science/alan-guth/#itemlist", "name": "1 Involved Science Quotes By Alan Guth", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My parents were not at all involved in science. 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