“The more I examine the universe and study the details of its architecture, the more evidence I find that the universe in some sense must have known we were coming.”
英语
“我越是审视宇宙、研究其结构的细节，就越是发现证据表明：宇宙在某种意义上一定知道我们要来。”
“It is better to be wrong than to be vague. A theory that is precise enough to be wrong is far more useful than one so flexible it can accommodate any result.”
英语
“宁可犯错，也不要含糊。一个精确到可以被证伪的理论，远比一个灵活到能容纳任何结果的理论有用得多。”
“A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good engineer is a person who makes a design that works with as few original ideas as possible. There are no prima donnas in engineering.”
英语
“好的科学家是有原创想法的人。好的工程师是能用尽可能少的原创想法做出可行设计的人。工程领域没有自命不凡的主角。”
“The bottom line for mathematicians is that the architecture has to be right. In all the mathematics that I did, the richness of discovery and the beauty of the solution depended on finding the right structure. Finding it is like finding a key that opens a door — suddenly everything falls into place.”
英语
“对数学家来说，底线是结构必须正确。在我所做的全部数学中，发现的丰富性和解法的优美都取决于找到正确的结构。找到它就像找到一把开门的钥匙——一切突然各就其位。”
“The glory of science is to imagine more than we can prove. The glory of art is to feel more than we can understand.”
英语
“科学的荣耀在于想象超越我们所能证明的。艺术的荣耀在于感受超越我们所能理解的。”
“You ask: what is the meaning or purpose of life? I can only answer with another question: do you think we are wise enough to read God's mind?”
英语
“你问：生命的意义或目的是什么？我只能以另一个问题来回答：你认为我们足够智慧去读懂上帝的心意吗？”
“Technology is a gift of God. After the gift of life it is perhaps the greatest of God's gifts. It is the mother of civilizations, of arts and of sciences.”
英语
“技术是上帝的恩赐。继生命之恩之后，它也许是上帝最伟大的恩赐。它是文明、艺术和科学之母。”