All Brian Greene Quotes
- I can assure you that no string theorist would be interested in working on string theory if it were somehow permanently beyond testability. That would… Assure
- I love it when real science finds a home in a fictional setting, where you take some real core idea of science and weave it… Bring
- I think it's too fast to say that all sci-fi ultimately winds up having some place in science. On the other hand, imaginative minds working… All
- I think math is a hugely creative field, because there are some very well-defined operations that you have to work within. You are, in a… Constrained
- I think the relationship between memory and time is a very deep and tricky one, to tell you the truth. I don't consider memory another… Allows
- I would say in one sentence my goal is to at least be part of the journey to find the unified theory that Einstein himself… Einstein
- I wouldn't say that 'The Fabric of the Cosmos' is a book on cosmology. Cosmology certainly plays a big part, but the major theme is… All
- I've had various experiences where I've been called by Hollywood studios to look at a script or comment on various scientific ideas that they're trying… Been
- In any finite region of space, matter can only arrange itself in a finite number of configurations, just as a deck of cards can be… Any
- In the far, far future, essentially all matter will have returned to energy. But because of the enormous expansion of space, this energy will be… All
- Intelligence is the ability to take in information from the world and to find patterns in that information that allow you to organize your perceptions… Ability
- Many different planets are many different distances from their host star; we find ourselves at this distance because if we were closer or farther away,… Closer
- My emotional investment is in finding truth. If string theory is wrong, I'd like to have known that yesterday. But if we can show it… Emotional
- Nature's patterns sometimes reflect two intertwined features: fundamental physical laws and environmental influences. It's nature's version of nature versus nurture. Environmental
- Oftentimes, if you're talking to a seasoned interviewer who asks you a question, they may do a follow-up if they didn't quite get it. It's… Agreed
- Relativity challenges your basic intuitions that you've built up from everyday experience. It says your experience of time is not what you think it is,… Basic
- Science is a way of life. Science is a perspective. Science is the process that takes us from confusion to understanding in a manner that's… Confusion
- Science is the greatest of all adventure stories, one that's been unfolding for thousands of years as we have sought to understand ourselves and our… Adventure
- Science is very good at answering the 'how' questions. 'How did the universe evolve to the form that we see?' But it is woefully inadequate… Addressing
- Sometimes nature guards her secrets with the unbreakable grip of physical law. Sometimes the true nature of reality beckons from just beyond the horizon. Beckons