Physics Quotes

The most important task of physics is to reduce the phenomena of nature to simple laws.

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.

My object has been to discover the law of the heating effect of the electric current.

All the phenomena of optics, and especially those of diffraction, are explained by the interference of the waves of light.

It is a most mortifying thing for a man who has prided himself on his accuracy to be found in an error.

The force of a fluid flowing out of a vessel is proportional to the square root of the height of the fluid above the orifice.

The universe is the ultimate free lunch.

The more we understand the universe, the more meaningless it becomes.

The electroweak theory is a beautiful theory, and it works. It's a triumph of human ingenuity.

The creation of this universe, its laws, and the initial conditions that allowed for the emergence of life, are all a testament to a Grand Designer.

The only way to learn is to do. The only way to do is to be.

The most important thing is to have a good problem to work on.

Your paper is very interesting and I should like to publish it.

The belief that there is only one truth and that oneself is in possession of it, seems to me the root of all evil in the world.

Is the electron the only constituent of matter? Or is it merely one of the constituents?

The most important thing in science is not so much to obtain new facts as to discover new ways of thinking about them.

There is nothing new under the sun.

The magnitude of the current in a circuit is directly proportional to the electromotive force and inversely proportional to the resistance.

The future of physics lies in the study of the relationship between electricity and magnetism.

I am so absorbed in my work that I have no time for anything else.