“And anyone who thinks they can talk about quantum theory without feeling dizzy hasn’t yet understood the first thing about it.”

If quantum mechanics hasn’t profoundly shocked you, you haven’t understood it yet.

All rising curves that show unwelcome trends in human affairs will approach infinity if extended far enough, but it is we who dictate the curve and not vice versa.

Isolated material particles are abstractions, their properties being definable and observable only through their interaction with other systems .

When we measure something we are forcing an undetermined, undefined world to assume an experimental value. We are not measuring the world, we are creating it.

Some things are so serious, they can only be joked about.

When searching for harmony in life one must never forget that in the drama of existence we are ourselves both actors and spectators.

Of course I don’t believe in it pointing to horseshoe on his office wall. But I understand that it brings you luck whether you believe in it or not.

An independant reality in the ordinary physical sense can neither be ascribed to the phenomenon nor to the agencies of observation.

A physicist is just an atom’s way of looking at itself.

Your theory is crazy, but it’s not crazy enough to be true.

A deep truth is a truth so deep that not only is it true but it’s exact opposite is also true.

Accuracy and clarity of statement are mutually exclusive.

Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.

Our task is not to penetrate the essence of things, the meaning of which we do not know anyway, but rather to develop concepts which allow us to talk in a productive way about phenomena in nature

The opposite of every great idea is another great idea.

Einstein, stop telling God what to do!

I feel like I’m pretty good but I don’t like to toot my own horn, you know. I want to let the work speak for itself and kind of move on to the next thing.

For some reason, I like seeing people feel emotional.

Some people feel like I’m arrogant. It’s unfortunate, because people don’t know my heart.

I don’t feel old. I feel like a young man that has something wrong with him.

I feel like any way you can get the message to resonate, I’m all for it.

Music is my one opportunity to let out how I’m feeling when I’m not talking to a chick or my mom, you know what I mean? It’s just venting.

The reason that you dance and sing is to make the audience feel like they’re dancing and singing. As long as you’re having fun with it and giving it 100 percent, they’re gonna feel that.

I never want to feel like I’ve achieved my goal. It’s like Chinese farmers. They never admit that it’s a good season. They feel like they’ll be punished.