26 Quotes by James Jeans

If we assume that the last breath of, say, Julius Caesar has by now become thoroughly scattered through the atmosphere, then the chances are that each of us inhales one molecule of it with every breath we take.

The plain fact is that there are no conclusions.

From the intrinsic evidence of his creation, the Great Architect of the Universe now begins to appear as a pure mathematician.

It angers you to some extent. You just say, 'Why?'

The universe begins to look more like a great thought than a great machine.

Put three grains of sand inside a vast cathedral, and the cathedral will be more closely packed with sand than space is with stars.

We have already considered with disfavour the possibility of the universe having been planned by a biologist or an engineer; from the intrinsic evidence of his creation, the Great Architect of the Universe now begins to appear as a pure mathematician.

...to many it is not knowledge but the quest for knowledge that gives greater interest to thought-to travel hopefully is better than to arrive.

Science should leave off making pronouncements: the river of knowledge has too often turned back on itself.