"I don't know what's the matter with people: they don't learn by understanding; they learn by some other way — by rote or something. Their knowledge is so fragile!"

"The greatest joy is to understand how nature works."

"I don't like to be told what to do."

"God is always associated with those things that you do not understand. Therefore I don't think that the laws can be considered to be like God because they have been figured out. ... But you need him f…"

"The thing about science is that it's all about trying to prove yourself wrong."