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Physics Quotes

"Newman's first law: It is useless to put on your brakes when you're upside down"

"Only entropy comes easy."

"You cannot directly perceive sunlight; you can only perceive its reflections and refractions."

"Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion"

"But magnets don’t just attract. They also repel."

"The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in the same sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics"

"A physicist is just an atom's way of looking at itself."

"If quantum mechanics hasn't profoundly shocked you, you haven't understood it yet."

"I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people"

"Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it flows. It must be in a direction, with some kind of internal, emotive, spiritual direction. It must have some effect somewhere"

"Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love"

"It surprises me how disinterested we are today about things like physics, space, the universe, and philosophy of our existence, our purpose, our final destination. It’s a crazy world out there. Be curious."

"It's not the fall that kills you; it's the sudden stop at the end."

"The smallest thought could not exist unless the entire universe and the laws of physics were in some way encouraging it."

"If you think you understand quantum mechanics, you don't understand quantum mechanics"

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