Difficulties in Mathematics
“Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.
-Albert Einstein
Science
The Ultimate Free Lunch
“It is said that there is no such thing as a free lunch, but the universe is the ultimate free lunch.” -Alan Guth
Real Work
“To get real work done, you have to turn it all off, shut out the world, and commit to single-minded, obsessive, unrelenting focus.” -Brian Greene
Space
“Space is not a lot of points close together; it is a lot of distances interlocked.” -Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington
Nature’s Answer
“An experiment is a question which science poses to Nature, and a measurement is the recording of Nature’s answer.” -Max Planck
The Ultimate Mystery
“Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature. And that is because, in the last analysis, we ourselves are a part of the mystery that we are trying to solve.” -Max Planck
In Pursuit
“Scientific discovery and scientific knowledge have been achieved only by those who have gone in pursuit of them without any practical purpose whatsoever in view.” -Max Planck
Move The World
“Give me a place to stand, and a lever long enough, and I will move the world.” -Archimedes
Plenty To Be Done
“We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done.” -Alan Turing
An Expert
“An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.” -Niels Bohr