"I remember my friend Johnny von Neumann used to say, 'with four parameters I can fit an elephant and with five I can make him wiggle his trunk.'"

"The most important thing is to never stop questioning."

"I believe that science is the key to understanding the universe, and to solving the problems of humanity."

"Young man, if I could remember the names of these [muons, pions, etc.] particles, I would have been a botanist."

"The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper."