Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love. How on earth can you explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love? Put your hand on a stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. Sit with that special girl for an hour and it seems like a minute. That's relativity.

My sense of god is my sense of wonder about the universe.

Innovation is not the product of logical thought, even though the final product is tied to a logical structure.

The world we have created is a product of our thinking; it cannot be changed without changing our thinking. If we want to change the world we have to change our thinking...no problem can be solved from the same consciousness that created it. We must learn to see the world anew.

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.

In my view, it is the most important function of art and science to awaken this feeling and keep it alive in those who are capable of it.

If I could do it all again, I'd be a plumber.