Maybe nature is fundamentally ugly, chaotic and complicated. But if it's like that, then I want out.

My advice is to go for the messes - that's where the action is.

Nothing in physics seems so hopeful to as the idea that it is possible for a theory to have a high degree of symmetry was hidden from us in everyday life. The physicist's task is to find this deeper symmetry.

This is one of the great social functions of science - to free people from superstition

This doesn't mean that they commit themselves to the view that this is all there is. Many scientists (including me) think that this is the case, but other scientists are religious, and believe that what is observed in nature is at least in part a result of God's will.

If (the antiproton) had not been discovered, the foundations of physics really would have crumbled.

I think one of the great historical contributions of science is to weaken the hold of religion. That's a good thing.