It has been my experience that good theoretical physics is empowering, — Robert B. Laughlin

"If you think, as a Western person, that you are not affected by religious traditions, you are sadly mistaken. (22:30 in video)"

"When a thing gets very, very small, you cant tell the difference between a solid and a liquid. (16:30 in video)"

"The reminds me of the scene in Mel Brookss where asks his hunch-backed servant, , how he lives with his hump, and Igor answers, "What hump?" ... The potential of overcoming the ultraviolet problem is also the deeper reason for the allure of string theory, a microscopic model for the vacuum that has failed to account for any measured thing."

"I like to talk about renormalization as an epistemological barrier. … Nature has been kind, and nature has been unkind. … for what its worth, I dont tell people what kind of research to do. I have been wrong many, many times in anticipating what will happen. … I’ve learned the hard way that the art of good physics is to ask a question that’s just barely beyond where the technology can go, and then you place your bets. And if you’re right you win the bet, and if you’re wrong you lose."

"The reason we believe in relativity today is not because we had a great transition in our beliefs about what should be so. We believe in relativity because we have no choice. Its true — measured to be true."

"Science is about measurement, dammit — its not about ideas. (55:20 in video)"