Respect Quote by Abraham Pais

Throughout his life Newton must have devoted at least as much attention to chemistry and theology as to mathematics. ...

— W. W. Rouse Ball

A gifted experimentalist, and theoretician, in the best Newtonian tradition... His contributions to quantum measurements, and elucidative teachings on quantum mechanics, have not yet…

— Willis Lamb

“While Newton seemed to draw off the veil from some of the mysteries of nature, he showed at the same time the imperfections of…

— David Hume

“In his secretiveness he didn’t merely resemble Newton, but actively exceeded him.”

— Bill Bryson

“Speaking of Newton but also commenting more broadly on education and the Enlightenment: "I have seen a professor of mathematics only because he was…

— Voltaire

“Newton, as we have said, was the promoter of a Design Argument based upon the precision and universality of the laws of motion and…

— John D. Barrow

. . . Newton was an unquestioning believer in an all-wise creator of the universe, and in his own inability - like the boy…

— Isaac Newton

At the peak of his scientific triumphs, Newton became a 'head,' a student of the inner spiritual world - or in modern terms, a…

— Timothy Leary

“The biggest question, transcending physics and the realm of how he was able to do the extraordinary things he did, remained firmly rooted in…

— Sol Luckman

“A great physicist taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He published many important books and papers. Often he had an idea in the…

— Annie Dillard

Newton, of course, was the inventor of differential calculus so his place in the tale is quite special.

— Kit Williams

“I esteem his understanding and subtlety highly, but I consider that they have been put to ill use in the greater part of his…

— Christiaan Huygens