“Never underestimate the joy people derive from hearing something they already know.”

When asked what he meant by a miracle: Oh, anything with a probability of less than 20%.

Ignorance is never better than knowledge.

It does not say in the Bible that all laws of nature are expressible linearly!

There are two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you’ve made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you’ve made a discovery.

The fundamental point in fabricating a chain reacting machine is of course to see to it that each fission produces a certain number of neutrons and some of these neutrons will again produce fission.

Where is everybody? Humans could theoretically colonize the galaxy in a million years or so, and if they could, astronauts from older civilizations could do the same. So why haven’t they come to Earth?

Young man, if I could remember the names of these particles, I would have been a botanist.

Before I came here I was confused about this subject. Having listened to your lecture I am still confused. But on a higher level.

Whatever Nature has in store for mankind, unpleasant as it may be, men must accept, for ignorance is never better than knowledge.

Experimental confirmation of a prediction is merely a measurement. An experiment disproving a prediction is a discovery.

It is not good to try to stop knowledge from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge.

An experiment disproving a prediction is discovery.

When all your desires are distilled; You will cast just two votes: To love more, And be happy.

Life is a movie, and you’re the star. Give it a happy ending.

Whose happiness is so firmly established that he has no quarrel from any side with his estate of life?

Happiness, at my age, is breathing

Alms in secret extinguish the wrath of the Lord’ means you are so immersed in sincerity and in preserving that sincerity that you have no pleasure in giving alms.

It is the inalienable right of all to be happy.

There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.

Seriously. I’m not playing to prove anything to journalists. I’m playing for myself, for my fans,to make people happy.