Physics Quotes

892 quotes by 542 authors

I've always been fascinated by physics and cosmology. It gets more and more scary the older you get. — John Banville
I tell you the solemn truth, that the doctrine of the Trinity is not so difficult to accept for a working proposition as any one… — Henry Adams
Magnetism, as you recall from physics class, is a powerful force that causes certain items to be attracted to refrigerators. — Dave Barry
I went to Princeton specifically to study physics. — Jeff Bezos
Everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real. — Niels Bohr
It is wrong to think that the task of physics is to find out how Nature is. Physics concerns what we say about Nature. — Niels Bohr
If anybody says he can think about quantum physics without getting giddy, that only shows he has not understood the first thing about them. — Niels Bohr
How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress. — Niels Bohr
The kitchen's a laboratory, and everything that happens there has to do with science. It's biology, chemistry, physics. Yes, there's history. Yes, there's artistry. Yes,… — Alton Brown
It's not magic! It's physics. The speed of the turn is what keeps you upright. It's like a spinning top. — Deborah Bull
Man is an artifact designed for space travel. He is not designed to remain in his present biologic state any more than a tadpole is… — William S. Burroughs
Sci-fi has never really been my bag. But I do believe in a lot of weird things these days, such as synchronicity. Quantum physics suggests… — John Cleese
My physics teacher, Thomas Miner was particularly gifted. To this day, I remember how he introduced the subject of physics. He told us we were… — Steven Chu
I went to the University of Washington as a physics and astronomy major. My other interest, of course, was aviation. I always wanted to be… — Michael P. Anderson
I took biology in high school and didn't like it at all. It was focused on memorization. ... I didn't appreciate that biology also had… — Francis Collins
During the war years I worked on the development of radar and other radio systems for the R.A.F. and, though gaining much in engineering experience… — Martin Ryle
There's no greater sign of the failure of the American educational system than the extent to which Americans are distracted by the possibility that Earth… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
I never went into physics or the astronaut corps to become a role model. But after my first flight, it became clear to me that… — Sally Ride
The year 1896 ... marked the beginning of what has been aptly termed the heroic age of Physical Science. Never before in the history of… — Ernest Rutherford
I myself believe that there will one day be time travel because when we find that something isn't forbidden by the over-arching laws of physics… — David Deutsch

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