As with any large investment, it can be emotionally difficult to abandon a line of research when it isn't working out. But in science, if something isn't working, you have to toss it out and try something else. — Antony Garrett Lisi Copy Share Image
Being poor sucks... It's hard to figure out the secrets of the universe when you're trying to figure out where you and your girlfriend are going to sleep next month. — Antony Garrett Lisi Copy Share Image
Surfing is simply the most fun I know how to have on this planet. — Antony Garrett Lisi Copy Share Image
I've gotten e-mails asking, 'Are you taking students?' Well, come visit and I'll be happy to talk to you. But I'm not a degree-granting… — Antony Garrett Lisi Copy Share Image
As with any large investment, it can be emotionally difficult to abandon a line of research when it isn't working out. But in science,… — Antony Garrett Lisi Copy Share Image
The mathematics of quantum mechanics very accurately describes how our universe works. — Antony Garrett Lisi Copy Share Image
If you share an office next to a guy for twenty years, and you like him and you're friends with him, it's hard to… — Antony Garrett Lisi Copy Share Image
Everything that can happen, does. That's quantum mechanics. But this does not mean everything happens. The rest of physics is about describing what can… — Antony Garrett Lisi Copy Share Image
There are a lot of good things about string theory, and it's great that some people want to work on it. — Antony Garrett Lisi Copy Share Image
What physics tells us is that everything comes down to geometry and the interactions of elementary particles. And things can happen only if these… — Antony Garrett Lisi Copy Share Image
I'm afraid the workings of J.J. Abrams' mind falls outside the predictive capacity of any coherent theory. — Antony Garrett Lisi Copy Share Image
Math does come easily to me, but I was always much more interested in what theorems imply about the world than in proving them. — Antony Garrett Lisi Copy Share Image
My friends are all geeks. And many of them are scientists who love playing outside as much as I do. — Antony Garrett Lisi Copy Share Image
