I'm so old I can remember when the Dead Sea was only sick.

- Leon M. Lederman

The sequence of theorist, experimenter, and discovery has occasionally been compared to the sequence of farmer, pig, truffle. The farmer leads the pi…

- Leon M. Lederman

He [Democritus] is probably best known for two of the most scientifically intuitive quotes ever uttered by an ancient: 'Nothing exists except atoms a…

- Leon M. Lederman

We hope to explain the entire universe in a single, simple formula that you can wear on your T-shirt.

- Leon M. Lederman

The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God.

- Leon M. Lederman

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 ea…

- Leon M. Lederman

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

- Leon M. Lederman

Those who do not stop asking silly questions become scientists.

- Leon M. Lederman

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

- Leon M. Lederman