Carlo Rubbia

Experimental Physicist Italian Born 1934 (age 92)

Discovered W and Z bosons confirming electroweak theory.

377 quotes

"Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway."
Humor
"The important thing is not to stop questioning."
Knowledge
"If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration."
Science
"Do what you feel in your heart to be right."
Courage
"A person is smart. People are dumb."
Wisdom
"The mind is everything. What you think, you become."
Philosophy
"Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it."
Life
"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take."
Success
"Whether you think you can or you think you can't—you're right."
Motivation
"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now."
Time
"An unexamined life is not worth living."
Philosophy
"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all."
Life
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."
"The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be."
Freedom
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that."
Peace
"Every moment of your life is infinitely creative."
Creativity
"There are only two ways to live your life. As though nothing is a miracle or as though everything is."
Wisdom
"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing."
"Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going."
Perseverance
"The future is created by what you do today, not tomorrow."
Time
"Believe you can and you're halfway there."
Motivation
"Quality is not an act, it is a habit."
"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
Perseverance
"If you judge people, you have no time to love them."
Love
"A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you."
Friendship
"Family is where life begins and love never ends."
Family
"Gratitude turns what we have into enough."
Gratitude
"The only impossible journey is the one you never begin."
Dreams
"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life."
Time
"Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being."
Health