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God used beautiful mathematics in creating the world. — Paul Dirac

Quantum mechanics has explained all of chemistry and most of physics. — Paul Dirac

If one is working from the point of view of getting beauty into one's equation, ... one is on a sure line of progress. — Paul A.M. Dirac

Mathematics is the tool specially suited for dealing with abstract concepts of any kind and there is no limit to its power in this field. — Paul Dirac

A great deal of my work is just playing with equations and seeing what they give. — Paul Dirac

A book on the new physics, if not purely descriptive of experimental work, must essentially be mathematical. — Paul Dirac

God does not exist and Dirac is His prophet. — Wolfgang Paul

In his 1930 book, Dirac took for granted that measurements could be made, but was very vague about what was actually involved. — Willis Lamb

A theory with mathematical beauty is more likely to be correct than an ugly one that fits some experimental data. — Paul Dirac

The methods of theoretical physics should be applicable to all those branches of thought in which the essential features are expressible with numbers. — Paul Dirac

I admired Bohr very much. We had long talks together, long talks in which Bohr did practically all the talking. — Paul Dirac

If we are honest - and scientists have to be - we must admit that religion is a jumble of false assertions, with no basis in reality. — Paul Dirac

I consider that I understand an equation when I can predict the properties of its solutions, without actually solving it. — Paul Dirac

The only thing that is stuck is your mind, and you have all the power in the world to change it. — Theodore Volgoff

The pull of history has been a strong theme in my life as a novelist. — Anita Shreve

People who equate all the different kinds of human activity to money are taking too primitive a view of things. — Paul A.M. Dirac

Hopes are always accompanied by fears, and, in scientific research, the fears are liable to become dominant. — Paul Dirac

Entrepreneurs innovate. Innovation is the specific instrument of entrepreneurship. — Peter F. Drucker

It is more important to have beauty in one's equations than to have them fit experiment. — Paul Dirac

Good things come to those who let them in. All you have to do is take a chance. — Emily Murdoch

There are seven emotions: joy, anger, anxiety, adoration, grief, fear, and hate, and if a man does not give way to these he can be called patient. — Ieyasu Tokugawa

The measure of greatness in a scientific idea is the extent to which it stimulates thought and opens up new lines of research. — Paul A.M. Dirac

If there is a God, he's a great mathematician. — Paul Dirac

There are always more people who prefer to speak than to listen. — Paul Dirac

Pick a flower on Earth and you move the farthest star. — Paul A.M. Dirac

I do not see how a man can work on the frontiers of physics and write poetry at the same time. They are in opposition. — Paul Dirac

I think it's important to try to be present with whatever it is you're doing. And if you can't be present, take a break. — Emily Giffin

Living is worthwhile if one can contribute in some small way to this endless chain of progress. — Paul A.M. Dirac

I look for things that are going to challenge me as an actor. — Devon Sawa

Certainty is a closing of the mind. To create something new you must have doubt. — Milton Glaser

Like say if the mom and dad of god said he could never get dirty. There would be no world! — Lynda Barry

Scientific progress is measured in units of courage, not intelligence. — Paul Dirac

Step back for a minute. Pretend you're from Mars. From a coldly rational point of view, pedestrian helmets aren't a crazy idea. — A. J. Jacobs

My parents did not pay a cent for my education; they didn't give me a car or furniture - I did that 100% on my own. I had to pay back a lot. — Constance Wu