34 Quotes by Fabiola Gianotti

CERN is a concrete example of worldwide, international co-operation - and a concrete example of peace. The place which makes, in my opinion, better scientists, but also better people.

I like manual things, doing things with my hands, the feeling of touching.

It's always good news when you're closer to the truth.

Of course, mankind has made giant steps forward. However, what we know is really very, very little compared to what we still have to know.

The top quark was discovered in 1995, and since then, the Higgs has become our obsession because the standard model was incomplete without it.

The training of younger generations is very close to my heart.

There is nothing more exciting than having a life devoted to fundamental knowledge and to contributing to advance the borders of knowledge.

We had to understand things like why the top quark was so heavy and the electron is so light. The Higgs is a big, important step.

We know there must be new physics. For example, we cannot explain what dark matter is.