If string theory is right, the microscopic fabric of our universe is a richly intertwined multidimensional labyrinth within which the strings of the universe endlessly twist and vibrate, rhythmically beating out the laws of the cosmos.

Sometimes attaining the deepest familiarity with a question is our best substitute for actually having the answer.

One of the wonders of science is that it is completely universal. It crosses national boundaries with total ease.

I’ve spent something like 17 years working on a theory for which there is essentially no direct experimental support.

The universe is incredibly wondrous, incredibly beautiful, and it fills me with a sense that there is some underlying explanation that we have yet to fully understand. If someone wants to place the word 'God' on those collections of words, it's OK with me.

When I give this talk to a physics audience, I remove the quotes from my 'Theorem'.

Gravity is matter’s sugar daddy.