Physics Quotes · Page 52

There are no little things. Little things are the hinges of the universe.

— Fanny Fern

“When you know nothing matters, the universe is yours.”

— Rick

We could imagine all sorts of universes unlike this one, but this is the one that happened.

— Jonathan Safran Foer

There is no reason that the universe should be designed for our convenience.

— John D. Barrow

I did a thesis in experimental nuclear physics under the direction of Samuel K. Allison.

— James Cronin

One of the main problems for a man is to find out what kind of work he has to do in this…

— Vikrant Parsai

“Life is a game that the universe plays with itself. Pick whatever winning conditions you like.”

— Chuck Whelon

“to see a thing completely is to set it in relation with the universe.”

— Michael Oakeshott

Those who are not shocked when they first come across quantum theory cannot possibly have understood it.

— Niels Bohr

“One of the keys to being extraordinary is knowing what rules to follow and what rules to break. Outside the rules of…

— Vishen Lakhiani

We avoid the gravest difficulties when, giving up the attempt to frame hypotheses concerning the constitution of matter, we pursue statistical inquiries…

— J. Willard Gibbs

I'm going to give you a little advice. There's a force in the universe that makes things happen. And all you have…

— Chevy Chase

[Quantum mechanics] describes nature as absurd from the point of view of common sense. And yet it fully agrees with experiment. So…

— Richard P. Feynman

“To alter the universe, alter your thoughts, because the only universe you will ever know is in your mind.”

— Bryant McGill

“What is the greatest mystery of the universe? The answer is brick. Or is it blanket? I forget which one.”

— Jarod Kintz

After all, what else is scientific enquiry of any sort other than a controlled version of banging one's head against the universe…

— Tom Holt

I can tell you about the universe, but she feels it; and when you feel the universe, it has a whole other…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

“When the universe throws you a curveball, just think of it as a cosmic pop quiz. It's like, "Hey, are you paying…

— Life is Positive

“We also find *physics*, in the widest sense of the word, concerned with the explanation of phenomena in the world; but it…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Until the 20th century, medicine was more like politics than physics. Its forecasts were often bogus and its record grim. In the…

— Dominic Cummings

The thing about physicists is that they tend to think that everything is physics. I don't. That's not what music is to…

— Vijay Iyer

Novels aren't pedagogical instruments, or instructions in law or physics or any other discipline. A novel has to be an emotional experience,…

— Alan Lightman

Today's preoccupation with physical theories of everything takes a wrong turn from the purpose of science - to question all things relentlessly.…

— Robert Lanza

“It will reward enough for me if, by the publication of the present experiment, I have directed the attention of investigators to…

— Joseph Von Fraunhofer

There two things that are infinite, human stupidity and the universe, I don't know about the universe

— Albert Einstein

The question not many ask is: why are the laws of physics like they are?

— Paul Davies

I always thought something was fundamentally wrong with the universe

— Douglas Adams

[Science is] a great game. It is inspiring and refreshing. The playing field is the universe itself.

— Isidor Isaac Rabi

The universe looks less like a big machine than a big thought.

— Dean Radin

If quantum mechanics hasn't profoundly shocked you, you haven't understood it yet.

— Niels Bohr

“It wasn't luck or the order of the universe. It was simply what had happened.”

— Scott Turow

When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second.

— Albert Einstein

The universe is just a big Xerox machine. It simply produces copies of your thoughts.

— Neale Donald Walsch

If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“after the laws of physics, everything else is opinion.”

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

The universe is energy, energy that responds to our expectations

— James Redfield

I'm careful what I put out there into the universe, musically. I don't take it lightly.

— Gloria Estefan

“What you don’t know fills the infinite universe. What you do know only fills your mind.”

— Linda Deir

When you don't follow your nature there is a hole in the universe where you were supposed to be.

— Dane Rudhyar

The lowest common denominator of the universe is both low and common.

— R. A. Lafferty