My colleagues in elementary particle theory in many lands [and I] are driven by the usual insatiable curiosity of the scientist, and our work is a delightful game. I am frequently astonished that it so often results in correct predictions of experimental results. How can it be that writing down a few simple and elegant formulae, like short poems governed by strict rules such as those of the sonnet or the waka, can predict universal regularities of Nature?

Our planet doesn't seem to be the result of anything very special

Both biological and cultural diversity are now severely threatened and working for their preservation is a critical task.

If someone says that he can think or talk about quantum physics without becoming dizzy, that shows only that he has not understood anything whatever about it.

When you think you're listening to several conversations at once, they tell me, you may really simply be time sharing - that is, listening a little bit to this one, a little bit to that one

Bush is a nice fellow who gives very good parties. I just wish someone would find him a better job than running the country.

I would recommend that skeptics devote even more effort than they do now to understanding the reasons why so many people want or need to believe.