The extinction of the human race will come from its inability to EMOTIONALLY comprehend the exponential function.

No endeavor that is worthwhile is simple in prospect; if it is right, it will be simple in retrospect.

In the history of physics, there have been three great revolutions in thought that first seemed absurd yet proved to be true. The first proposed that the earth, instead of being stationary, was moving around at a great and variable speed in a universe that is much bigger than it appears to our immediate perception. That proposal, I believe, was first made by Aristarchos two millenia ago ... Remarkably enough, the name Aristarchos in Greek means best beginning.

When you come to the end of all the light you know, and it's time to step into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing that one of two things shall happen: either you will be given something solid to stand on or you will be taught to fly.

The extinction of the human race will come from its inability to EMOTIONALLY comprehend the exponential function.

I claim that relativity and the rest of modern physics is not complicated. It can be explained very simply. It is only unusual or, put another way, it is contrary to common sense.

I tried to contribute to the defeat of the Soviets. If I contributed 1%, it is 1% of something enormous.