Angus Nicolson

“An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.”
― Niels Bohr

“Never memorize something that you can look up.”
― Albert Einstein

“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery each day.

—"Old Man's Advice to Youth: 'Never Lose a Holy Curiosity.'" LIFE Magazine (2 May 1955) p. 64”
― Albert Einstein

“In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.”
― Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies