Brian Cox

“You have to get old because of the geometry of spacetime.”

— Brian Cox

I've always wanted to make a film.

— Brian Cox

Deeper understanding confers that most precious thing - wonder.

— Brian Cox

An explorer of the universe is sexier than a musician.

— Brian Cox

Science is too important not to be a part of popular culture.

— Brian Cox

There is so much left of it to explore.

— Brian Cox

It would be wonderful if ideas could be the new rock 'n roll

— Brian Cox

As we get older, things seem less important.

— Brian Cox

Skepticism must go hand in hand with rationality. When theories are shown to be false, the correct thing to do is to…

— Brian Cox

When we look out into space, we are looking into our own origins, because we are truly children of the stars.

— Brian Cox

Science is about exploring, and the only way to uncover the secrets of the universe is to go and look.

— Brian Cox

The problem is that the U.K. in essence is a feudal society. It's everyone in their place.

— Brian Cox

We are the cosmos made conscious and life is the means by which the universe understands itself.

— Brian Cox

I've directed a couple of times in the theater, but I wouldn't make a habit of it because it's too consuming.

— Brian Cox

Every carbon atom in every living thing on the planet was produced in the heart of a dying star.

— Brian Cox

There is a history of mental breakdowns in my family. It will never happen to me but it has happened to others…

— Brian Cox

The correct statement of individual rights is that everyone has the right to an opinion, but crucially, that opinion can be roundly…

— Brian Cox

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

If people don’t have an understanding of what science is and what scientists do, then they can tend to think that global…

— Brian Cox

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

The heritage of a British actor revolves around the challenges of playing the classic roles to meet certain levels of success as…

— Brian Cox

I enjoy acting now more than I ever have. I've had lots of difficult times when I was younger, but that was…

— Brian Cox

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

Look at that! If you ever needed convincing that we live in the solar system, that we are on a ball of…

— Brian Cox

“I'm comfortable with the unknown -- that's the point of science. There are places out there, billions of places out there, that…

— Brian Cox

I was living in London and I thought, 'There's nothing here for me anymore.' I don't want to become this actor who's…

— Brian Cox

My mother Molly had a nervous breakdown after my father Chic died, aged 50. He was a very generous man who ran…

— Brian Cox

I actually went to see 'Rushmore,' and I came late, and I missed myself. It was great, that scene. I caught that…

— Brian Cox

The aim of particle physics is to understand what everything’s made of, and how everything sticks together. By everything I mean me…

— Brian Cox

Light is the only connection we have with the Universe beyond our solar system, and the only connection our ancestors had with…

— Brian Cox

“You are exporting disorder [in the form of heat into the Universe] now as you read this book. You are hastening the…

— Brian Cox

The hardest thing to do in movies is be a day-part player. You have to go in, make your mark, and get…

— Brian Cox

“Our experience teaches us that there are indeed laws of nature, regularities in the way things behave, and that these laws are…

— Brian Cox

The story of the universe finally comes to an end. For the first time in its life, the universe will be permanent…

— Brian Cox

“Later, we shall see that if it were possible to exceed the speed of light, we could construct time machines capable of…

— Brian Cox

“Look at any randomly selected piece of your world. Encoded deep in the biology of every cell in every blade of grass,…

— Brian Cox

“I'm not anti-religion. I'm anti-maniac.”

— Brian Cox

In science, there are no universal truths, just views of the world that have yet to be shown to be false.

— Brian Cox

When you fall into a black hole you will be literally spaghettified.

— Brian Cox

You dig deeper and it gets more and more complicated, and you get confused, and it's tricky and it's hard, but... It…

— Brian Cox