682 Quotes About Physics

Joe’s scientific life is defined by these significant near misses… He was Shackleton many times, almost the first: almost the first to see the big bang, almost the first to patent the laser, almost the first to detect gravitational waves. Famous for nearly getting there.

The laws of physics could be like an onion, with new laws becoming operational as we probe new scales. We simply don't know!

In un caso e nell'altro, il premio è la bellezza, e occhi nuovi per vedere il mondo.

Wisom is inseparable from knowledge; it is knowledge plus a quality which is within the human being. Without it, knowledge is dry, almost unfit for human consumption, and dangerous to application.

Don't confound static electricity with ecstatic eccentricity. One will leave your hair up, the other will live up in the air!

A claim that event horizons exist is like someone's claim to be immortal: You would have to wait until the end of time to confirm the claim.

Here, on the edge of what we know, in contact with the ocean of the unknown, shines the mystery and beauty of the world. And it’s breathtaking.

It is hardly surprising that there are more things in heaven and earth, dear reader, than have been dreamed of in our philosophy - or in our physics.

What are we, in this boundless and glowing world?