The present situation in physics is as if we know chess, but we don't know one or two rules.

Science is what we have learned about how to keep from fooling ourselves.

To guess what to keep and what to throw away takes considerable skill. Actually it is probably merely a matter of luck, but it looks as if it takes considerable skill.

I believe that a scientist looking at nonscientific problems is just as dumb as the next guy.

The "paradox" is only a conflict between reality and your feeling of what reality "ought to be."

Science is the organized skepticism in the reliability of expert opinion

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.