Physicist Quotes - Page 4

• It would be a poor thing to be an atom in a universe without physicists, and physicists are made of atoms. A physicist is an atom's way of knowing about atoms.

  George Wald

  Science, Knowing, Way

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• There is a philosophy that says that if something is unobservable -- unobservable in principle -- it is not part of science. If there is no way to falsify or confirm a hypothesis, it belongs to the realm of metaphysical speculation, together with astrology and spiritualism. By that standard, most of the universe has no scientific reality -- it's just a figment of our imaginations.

  Leonard Susskind

  Philosophy, Science, Reality

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• The miracle of the appropriateness of the language of mathematics for the formulation of the laws of physics is a wonderful gift which we neither understand nor deserve.

  Eugene Wigner

  Science, Law, Miracle

  Eugene Paul Wigner (2012). “Philosophical Reflections and Syntheses”, p.549, Springer Science & Business Media

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• The dog is very smart. He feels sorry for me because I receive so much mail; that's why he tries to bite the mailman.

  Albert Einstein

  Funny, Dog, Sorry

  Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.415, Princeton University Press

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• We do not need to invent sustainable human communities. We can learn from societies that have lived sustainably for centuries. We can also model communities after nature's ecosystems, which are sustainable communities of plants, animals, and microorganisms. Since the outstanding characteristic of the biosphere is its inherent ability to sustain life, a sustainable human community must be designed in such a manner that its technologies and social institutions honor, support, and cooperate with nature's inherent ability to sustain life.

  Fritjof Capra

  Life, Nature, Learning

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• Science and religion...are friends, not foes, in the common quest for knowledge. Some people may find this surprising, for there's a feeling throughout our society that religious belief is outmoded, or downright impossible, in a scientific age. I don't agree. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that if people in this so-called 'scientific age' knew a bit more about science than many of them actually do, they'd find it easier to share my views.

  John Polkinghorne

  Religious, Knowledge, Science

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• I've always thought that the most powerful weapon in the world was the bomb and that's why I gave it to my people, but I've come to the conclusion that the most powerful weapon in the world is not the bomb but it's the truth

  Andrei Sakharov

  Truth, Powerful, People

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• To obtain an assured favorable response from people, it is better to offer them something for their stomachs instead of their brains.

  Albert Einstein

  Witty, Offering, People

  Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.187, Princeton University Press

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• It is evident that an acquaintance with natural laws means no less than an acquaintance with the mind of God therein expressed.

  James Prescott Joule

  God, Nature, Mean

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• Necessity is the mother of all invention.

  Albert Einstein

  Mother, Needs, Metaphor

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• Adversity introduces a man to himself.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Perseverance, Adversity

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• The gospel comprises indeed, and unfolds, the whole mystery of mans redemption, as far forth as it is necessary to be known for our salvation.

  Robert Boyle

  Bible, Christian, Religious

  Robert Boyle (1966). “Works”

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• For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountains of ignorance; he is about to conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself over the final rock, he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for centuries.

  Robert Jastrow

  Bible, Faith, Dream

  God and the Astronomers ch. 9 (1978)

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• The verbal interpretation, on the other hand, i.e. the metaphysics of quantum physics, is on far less solid ground. In fact, in more than forty years physicists have not been able to provide a clear metaphysical model.

  Erwin Schrodinger

  Hands, Years, Able

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• The mathematical education of the young physicist [Albert Einstein] was not very solid, which I am in a good position to evaluate since he obtained it from me in Zurich some time ago.

  Hermann Minkowski

  Zurich, Young, Mathematical

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• Any drunk who has tried to put his car where a lamppost stands is a self-educated physicist.

  Dean Koontz

  Self, Drunk, Car

  Dean Koontz (2016). “The Complete Odd Thomas 8-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd, Saint Odd”, p.72, Bantam

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• The only mistake in life is the lesson not learned.

  Albert Einstein

  Life, Mistake, Learning

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• Try not to become a man of success, but a man of value. Look around at how people want to get more out of life than they put in. A man of value will give more than he receives. Be creative, but make sure that what you create is not a curse for mankind.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  "Einstein and the Poet: In Search of the Cosmic Man". Book by William Hermanns, p. 143, 1983.

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  Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Albert Einstein's letter to his son Eduard (February 5, 1930), as quoted in Walter Isaacson "Einstein: His Life and Universe" (p. 367), 2007.

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• The only source of knowledge is experience.

  Albert Einstein

  Love, Life, God

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• I do not think that the radio waves I have discovered will have any practical application.

  Heinrich Hertz

  Science, Thinking, Radio Waves

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• Never memorize something that you can look up.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Education, Spiritual

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  Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Funny, Witty

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• The physicists have known sin; and this is a knowledge which they cannot lose.

  J. Robert Oppenheimer

  War, Vulgarity Is, World

  Physics in the ContemporaryWorld (1947)

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• One cannot escape the feeling that these mathematical formulas have an independent existence and an intelligence of their own, that they are wiser than we are, wiser even than their discoverers.

  Heinrich Hertz

  Independent, Math, Feelings

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