Generations Quote by Jack Steinberger

My final remark to young women and men going into experimental science is that they should pay little attention to the speculative physics ideas…

— Anonymous

Physics is a hobby of mine, as much as a person of limited intelligence can understand physics.

— Arthur D. Levinson

Physics, owing to the simplicity of its subject matter, has reached a higher state of development than any other science.

— Bertrand Russell

I always wanted to be an experimental physicist and was attracted to the idea of using continuing advances in technology to carry out fundamental…

— Barry Barish

[Question: What do you think was the most important physics idea to emerge this year?] We won't know for a few years.

— Stephen Hawking

Here's the thing, physics was never my strong suit. It's the sole reason I didn't major in neuroscience. I had to do a whole…

— Katy O'Brian

I was just more stubborn and more passionate than most about physics.

— Albert Einstein

Physicists, being in no way different from the rest of the population, have short memories for what is inconvenient.

— Anthony Standen

Physics is becoming too difficult for the physicists.

— David Hilbert

Actually, I was more or less determined to be a theoretical physicist at the age of thirteen.

— David Gross

It takes so long to train a physicist to the place where he understands the nature of physical problems that he is already too…

— Eugene Wigner

It was at this moment that I wrote my first important paper in theoretical physics. I was 32 years old, 5 years beyond the…

— Robert B. Laughlin