Leon M. Lederman Quotes About Physics

• Physics isn't a religion. If it were, we'd have a much easier time raising money.

  Leon M. Lederman

  Time, Science, Religion

• Science should have no less lofty a goal. My ambition is to live to see all of physics reduced to a formula so elegant and simple that it will fit easily on the front of a T-shirt.

  Leon M. Lederman

  Ambition, Simple, Should Have

  Leon M. Lederman, Dick Teresi (1993). “The God Particle: If the Universe is the Answer, what is the Question?”, p.21, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

• The real goal of physics is to come up with an equation that could explain the universe but still be small enough to fit on a T-shirt

  Leon M. Lederman

  Real, Science, Goal

• One of the major ingredients for professional success in science is luck. Without this, forget it.

  Leon M. Lederman

  Luck, Ingredients, Physics

  Leon M. Lederman, Dick Teresi (1993). “The God Particle: If the Universe is the Answer, what is the Question?”, p.152, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

• Particle physics suffers more from being infected by the socio-political mood of the day than from lack of spectacular opportunities for major and profound discoveries.

  Leon M. Lederman

  Opportunity, Discovery, Profound

  "Future of the field calls for charisma and courage" by Kurt Riesselmann, www.fnal.gov. June 28, 2002.

• I started out as a molecules kid. In high school and early college I loved chemistry, but I gradually shifted toward physics, which seemed cleaner - odorless, in fact.

  Leon M. Lederman

  School, Kids, College

  Leon M. Lederman, Dick Teresi (1993). “The God Particle: If the Universe is the Answer, what is the Question?”, p.5, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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