258 Quotes by Brian Greene

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    I think the appropriate response for a physicist is: 'I do not find the concept of God very interesting, because I cannot test it.'

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    What makes a Beethoven symphony spectacular, what makes a Brahms rhapsody spectacular is that the patterns are wondrous.

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    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 today or tomorrow, fantastic.

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    There may have been many big bangs, one of which created our universe. The other bangs created other universes.

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    We know that if supersymmetric particles exist, they must be very heavy; otherwise we would have spotted them by now.

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    The number of e-mails and letters that I get from choreographers, from sculptors, from composers who are being inspired by science is huge.

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    For me it's been very exciting to contribute to the public's understanding of how rich and wondrous science is.

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    I like 'The Simpsons' quite a lot. I love the irreverent character of the whole show. It's great.

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    I may be a Jewish scientist, but I would be tickled silly if one day I were reincarnated as a Baptist preacher.

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