You see, I get such fun out of thinking that I don't want to destroy this most pleasant machine that makes life such a big kick.

But see that the imagination of nature is far, far greater than the imagination of man.

In a way, the Nobel Prize has been something of a pain in the neck, though there was at least one time that I got some fun out of it, Shortly after I won the Prize, Gweneth and I received an invitation from the Brazilian government to be the guests of honor at the Carnaval celebrations in Rio.

The electron is a theory we use; it is so useful in understanding the way nature works that we can almost call it real.

My friends and I had taken dancing lessons, although none of us would ever admit it. In those depression days, a friend of my mother was trying to make a living by teaching dancing in the evening, in an upstairs dance studio. There was a back door to the place, and she arranged it so the young men could come up through the back way without being seen.

Science is a way for us to not fool ourselves.

There are all kinds of interesting questions that come from a knowledge of science, which only adds to the excitement and mystery and awe of a flower.