"[Quantum mechanics] describes nature as absurd from the point of view of common sense. And yet it fully agrees with experiment. So I hope you can accept nature as She is - absurd."
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool."
"I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something."
"If you thought you were trying to find out more about it because you're gonna get an answer to some deep philosophical question...you may be wrong! It may be that you can't get an answer to that particular question by finding out more about the character of nature. But my interest in science is to simply find out about the world."
"I believe that a scientist looking at nonscientific problems is just as dumb as the next guy."
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled."