We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.
Student: Dr. Einstein, Aren't these the same questions as last year's [physics] final exam? Dr. Einstein: Yes; But this year the answers are different.
I must be willing to give up what I am in order to become what I will be.
It occurred to me by intuition, and music was the driving force behind that intuition. My discovery was the result of musical perception.
For those of us who believe in physics, this separation between past, present and future is only an illusion, however tenacious.
The formulation of the problem is often more essential than its solution, which may be merely a matter of mathematical or experimental skill.
Is it not better for a man to die for a cause in which he believes, such as peace, than to suffer for a cause in which he does not believe, such as war?
Those who have the privilege to know have the duty to act, and in that action are the seeds of new knowledge.
The right to search for the truth implies also a duty; one must not conceal any part of what one has recognized to be the truth.
When you're asked/told to come to Canberra by your Prime Minister, in the country I grow up in, you obey that.
Disparity is Australia's worst social problem. Thousands of lives are slowly being crushed, while billions are wasted on thousands of little initiatives trying to 'close the gap.'
I'm willing to fight for Social Security, Medicare, student loans, U.S. jobs, equal pay, progressive taxation and full employment.
I guess I should warn you, if I turn out to be particularly clear, you've probably misunderstood what I've said.
Crony capitalism is essentially a condition in which... public officials are giving favours to people in the private sector in payment of political favours.
Since 1948 I have spent every single day thinking how the economic and political worlds have changed.
Stupid people do make me lose my temper and most people are stupid, fortunately for me. It's made it easier for me to make a living.
When you have the facts on your side, argue the facts. When you have the law on your side, argue the law. When you have neither, holler.
I think George W. Bush has a warm, engaging personality. But, you know, the presidency is more than just a popularity contest.
There is an air of unreality in debating these arcane points when the world is changing in such dramatic ways right in front of our eyes because of global warming.
The conversation on global warming has been stalled because a shrinking group of denialists fly into a rage when it's mentioned.
If the only tool we use to analyse what's valuable is a price tag, then those things that don't have price tags begin to look like they have no value.
