Saul Perlmutter Quotes

There are still so many questions to answer. When you look at any part of the universe, you have to feel humbled.

Saul Perlmutter

Looks, Answers, Feels

"Cal's Saul Perlmutter wins Nobel Prize in physics" by David Perlman, www.sfgate.com. October 4, 2011.

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Your job as a scientist is to figure out how you're fooling yourself.

Saul Perlmutter

Jobs, Scientist, Figures

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It seemed like my favourite kind of job - a wonderful chance to ask something absolutely fundamental: the fate of the Universe and whether the Universe was infinite or not

Saul Perlmutter

Jobs, Fate, Fundamentals

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It is a tough choice between ending up in the cold or ending up in a fiery blast.

Saul Perlmutter

Choices, Tough, Cold

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You might expect gravity would slow it down, but it's just expanding faster and faster

Saul Perlmutter

Might, Gravity, Faster

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So it's possible that someday, by understanding a little bit more about how the world works, it will come back to help us in some other way that will be surprising

Saul Perlmutter

Understanding, World, Littles

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From our point of view, the most exciting thing would be if we discovered something really fundamental in our understanding was just off a bit - and that now we have a chance to revisit it

Saul Perlmutter

Views, Understanding, Would Be

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Probably the single most important thing about the Nobel Prize for most people is whether they get the coveted parking space on campus.

Saul Perlmutter

Space, People, Important

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I was one of those kids who always thought that we should know how the world works around us

Saul Perlmutter

Kids, World, Should

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It's an unusual opportunity, a chance for so many people to share in the excitement and the fun of the fact that we may be on to hints as to what the Universe is made out of. I guess the whole point of a prize like this is to be able to get that out into the community

Saul Perlmutter

Fun, Opportunity, People

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Astronomers ought to be able to ask fundamental questions without accelerators

Saul Perlmutter

Fundamentals, Able, Astronomers

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You want your mind to be boggled. That is a pleasure in and of itself. And it's more a pleasure if it's boggled by something that you can then demonstrate is really, really true

Saul Perlmutter

Mind, Want, Pleasure

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Nobody really expects a Nobel Prize call

Saul Perlmutter

Nobel, Prize, Nobel Prize

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We have a remarkably complete picture in many ways - and it could be that we're not accounting for something that's almost three-quarters of the entire universe

Saul Perlmutter

Three, Way, Quarters

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If you ask almost any of them, do you stand behind your theory, is this the answer, I think they would almost every one say that no, no, no, I'm just trying to expand the range of possibilities. We really don't know what is going on.

Saul Perlmutter

Thinking, Trying, Answers

"Exploring Supernovae Leads To Physics Nobel Prize". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. November 14, 2011.

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As a scientist, you feel a sense of team spirit for your country but you also have a sense of team spirit for the international community.

Saul Perlmutter

Country, Team, Community

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I will say that growing up as a kid in an urban environment and having lived in cities all my life, the one achievement that everyone can look forward to is getting the perfect parking spot

Saul Perlmutter

Growing Up, Kids, Cities

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It's interesting to wake up at 3 in the morning by someone saying they're a reporter and they want to know how you feel. I felt fine, but I said, 'Well, why do you ask?'

Saul Perlmutter

Morning, Interesting, Wake Up

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