Murray Gell-Mann

The universe is a place of constant discovery.

The concept of 'information' is more fundamental than matter or energy.

The universe is not just a physical entity, but also a source of meaning.

The most exciting breakthroughs often come from unexpected directions.

The universe is a place of endless possibilities.

The idea of 'emergent properties' is key to understanding how complex systems behave.

The universe is a grand puzzle, and we are trying to put the pieces together.

Whatever is not forbidden is mandatory.

Think how hard physics would be if particles could think.

The universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose.

In fundamental physics, we have this strange situation where the laws are simple but the consequences are complicated.

I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned.

The Eightfold Way is the periodic table of the hadrons.

The quark model was a perfect example of a beautiful theory being ignored because it seemed too far out.

Nature reads the newspapers. She knows about the theories and she likes to make fun of them.

Complexity is the study of the behavior of macroscopic collections of simple units that are endowed with the potential to evolve over time.

The quark and the jaguar—the simple and the complex—are both part of the same universe, governed by the same fundamental laws.

I have this terrible habit of being right.

The world is very complicated and it is clearly not a good idea to have a single mind, a single person, decide on important issues.

The search for the meaning of quantum mechanics is about as likely to be successful as the search for the meaning of 'Hamlet'.