In the school I went to, they asked a kid to prove the law of gravity and he threw the teacher out of the window. Rodney Dangerfield law school teachers
Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it. Richard Feynman sex science comparison
Nature and nature's laws lay hid in night; God said "Let Newton be" and all was light. Alexander Pope
I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics. Richard Feynman science understanding
Modern physics has taught us that the nature of any system cannot be discovered by dividing it into its component parts and studying each part by itself... We must keep our attention fixed on the whole and on the interconnection between the parts. The same is true of our intellectual life. It is impossible to make a clear cut between science, religion, and art. The whole is never equal simply to the sum of its various parts. Max Planck
Physicists have come to realize that mathematics, when used with sufficient care, is a proven pathway to truth. Brian Randolph Greene maths
Physicists are more like avant-garde composers, willing to bend traditional rules and brush the edge of acceptability in the search for solutions. Brian Randolph Greene