"I wasn't unpopular. I didn't have any trouble getting girls."
"When X-rays traverse matter of any kind, this matter becomes a source of a radiation similar in character to that of the primary radiation falling upon it."
"Imagining living in a universe without purpose may prepare us to better face reality head on. I cannot see that this is such a bad thing."
"If the U.K. were threatening to withdraw from Europe, I would certainly want Scotland to be out of that."
"My early childhood memories center around this typical American country store and life in a small American town, including 4th of July celebrations marked by fireworks and patriotic music played from a pavilion bandstand."
"I was going to engineering school but fell in love with physics."
"My older brother is a distinguished theoretical physicist, a fellow of the Royal Society."
"I have visited Japan several times and have always been shown wonderful hospitality."
"We talk about quantum weirdness and things being in two places at once, but it all involves atoms and molecules, stuff we don't normally interact with."
"Music is, of course, a universal emotional experience, cutting across cultures and languages. I studied piano for ten years as a child and consider that experience one of the most valuable in my life."
"The idea of combining the physics of modern particle theory with cosmology was very young when I started working on cosmology."
"For me, it's my great honour that many people use blue LEDs or LED lightings now. So, we can contribute to the energy savings for the humans, so I'm very, very happy to contribute to the energy saving issues."
"The world of science and the world of literature have much in common. Each is an international club, helping to tie mankind together across barriers of nationality, race and language. I have been doubly lucky, being accepted as a member of both."
"The thing that most critics miss about Faulkner is that his famous storytelling voice is, in fact, a standard Southern storytelling voice that is typical of the Gulf Coast - Mississippi, Alabama and so on."
"We expect surprises. There has to be surprises."
"Scepticism is as important for a good journalist as it is for a good scientist."
"Most Jupiter-sized planets orbit the mother star in a highly elliptical orbit. This means they will often cross the orbit of any Earth-like planet and fling it into outer space, making life impossible. But our Jupiter travels in a near-perfect circular orbit, preventing a collision with any Earth-like planet, making life possible."
"In Italy there's perhaps a little less space than in Spain, but there's certainly as much sunshine."
"As a scientist, I don't believe science will ever discover whether God exists. Nor do I believe religion will ever prove it."
"When I started on my research, I never expected I could invent the LED and laser diode."
"I do not see how a man can work on the frontiers of physics and write poetry at the same time. They are in opposition."
"Younger people have so many opportunities. I don't see any pessimism among them."
"We are all now connected by the Internet, like neurons in a giant brain."
"A man who cannot work without his hypodermic needle is a poor doctor. The amount of narcotic you use is inversely proportional to your skill."
"When one's expectations are reduced to zero, one really appreciates everything one does have."
