If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone.

If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone.

Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an
hour. Sit with a read more

Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an
hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a
minute. That's relativity.

Physics isn't a religion. If it were, we'd have a much easier time raising money.

Physics isn't a religion. If it were, we'd have a much easier time raising money.

God does not play dice [with the universe].
[Ger., Gott wurfelt nicht.]

God does not play dice [with the universe].
[Ger., Gott wurfelt nicht.]

When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second.
When you sit on a red-hot read more

When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second.
When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour.
That's relativity.

I think physicists are the Peter Pans of the human race. They never grow up and they keep their curiosity.

I think physicists are the Peter Pans of the human race. They never grow up and they keep their curiosity.

I am acutely aware of the fact that the marriage between
mathematics and physics, which was so enormously fruitful read more

I am acutely aware of the fact that the marriage between
mathematics and physics, which was so enormously fruitful in past
centuries, has recently ended in divorce.

God does not care about our mathematical difficulties. He
integrates empirically.

God does not care about our mathematical difficulties. He
integrates empirically.

The vanity of the sciences. Physical science will not console me for the ignorance of morality in the time of read more

The vanity of the sciences. Physical science will not console me for the ignorance of morality in the time of affliction. But the science of ethics will always console me for the ignorance of the physical sciences.