“[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
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
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 Ah Copy Share Image
As a boy, I was never interested in theater because I came from a working-class Scottish home. I thought, 'I want to… — Brian Cox Because 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 Because Copy Share Image
[The 1975 Chase Econometrics] showed that for every one dollar spent on Apollo, 14 came back into the U.S. economy. — Brian Cox Apollo Copy Share Image
Charles Laughton, who's a great hero of mine, only ever made one film and it happens to be one of the great… — Brian Cox Charles Copy Share Image
Look at that! If you ever needed convincing that we live in the solar system, that we are on a ball of… — Brian Cox Balls 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 About Copy Share Image
Even the Australians don't know how beautiful their own country is. Particularly where we were shooting 'The Straits.' Most of my stuff… — Brian Cox Aboriginal 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 American Copy Share Image
“[Real scientist are delighted when they find out they are wrong. And to me that is one of the greatest gifts that… — Brian Cox Greatest gift Copy Share Image
For the first time, we saw our world, not as a solid, immovable, kind of indestructible place, but as a very small,… — Brian Cox Blackness Copy Share Image
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
I used to do a lot of fencing in the theater and a lot of horse riding in the early days, so… — Brian Cox Am 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
“It is undoubtedly true that Galileo didn’t intend to challenge the very theological foundations of the Church of Rome by observing the… — Brian Cox First sight 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
There are characters that have made me uncomfortable. I did a film called 'Rob Roy,' and I played Killearn, who was this… — Brian Cox Awful Copy Share Image
“a prerequisite for the creation of the intellectual edifice upon which your spreadsheets, air-conditioned offices and mobile phones rest was the curiosity-driven… — Brian Cox Adventure Copy Share Image
For me, it's just acting. It's pretending. The best actors are children, and children don't do research. You never see a child… — Brian Cox About 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 Family Copy Share Image
Science is different to all other systems of thought because you dont need faith in it, you can check that it works. — Brian Cox Atheism Copy Share Image
For me, Woody Allen's 'Manhattan' defines New York. Both New York and Manhattan Island should be in black in white! I always… — Brian Cox Black Copy Share Image