Murray Gell-Mann Quotes

As a theoretical physicist, I feel at once proud and humble at the thought of the illustrious figures that have preceded me here to receive the greatest of all honors in science, the Nobel prize.

Murray Gell-Mann



But I don't actually adopt the point of view that our subjective impression of free will, which is a kind of indeterminacy behavior, comes from quantum mechanical indeterminacy.

Murray Gell-Mann



But when researchers at Bell Labs discovered that static tends to come from particular places in the sky, the whole field of radio astronomy opened up.

Murray Gell-Mann



Enthusiasm is followed by disappointment and even depression, and then by renewed enthusiasm.

Murray Gell-Mann



For me, the study of these laws is inseparable from a love of Nature in all its manifestations.

Murray Gell-Mann



Hugh Everett's work has been described by many people in terms of many worlds, the idea being that every one of the various alternative histories, branching histories, is assigned some sort of reality.

Murray Gell-Mann



I am frequently astonished that it so often results in correct predictions of experimental results.

Murray Gell-Mann