Arno Penzias

"What we've learned is that much can be achieved through persistence."

"There is no place in the world I'd rather be than in the laboratory."

"The universe is not only stranger than we suppose; it is stranger than we can suppose."

"Music is a more powerful force than words."

"In science, there is only the quest for truth; the rest is commentary."

"Time is the substance from which I am made."

"The greatest adventure lies in understanding."

"Every atom in your body came from a star that exploded."

"We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."

"The mind likes a strange idea as little as the body likes a strange protein."

"Science is the systematic enterprise of gathering knowledge about the world and organizing that knowledge into testable laws."

"When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you."

"For the mind to understand something, it must reduce it to something the mind already understands."

"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge."

"The universe has a story to tell."

"Truth is like a lion; you don't have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself."

"The greatest gift is the ability to wonder."

"Science is not a body of facts but a body of methods."

"What is the most important thing we can think about? Well, I think it's the condition of our species."

"The universe will always be mysterious to us, but that's what makes it wonderful."

"Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom is the process of losing them."

"The truth may be out there, but so is the lie."

"Do not mistake knowledge for wisdom."

"We are all made of cosmic dust."

"I'm an ardent believer in the scientific method."

"The beauty of science is that it allows us to understand our place in the universe."

"All the conditions for mystery are met: we don't know how consciousness arises from the physical brain."

"The Cosmos is all that is, or ever was, or ever will be."

"In the face of vast time and space, do not despair; be inspired."

"We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present only when it is already disappearing."