The physicist is like someone who's watching people playing chess and, after watching a few games, he may have worked out what the moves in the game …

- Martin Rees

All the atoms we are made of are forged from hydrogen in stars that died and exploded before our solar system formed. So if you are romantic, you can…

- Martin Rees

We need to broaden our sympathies both in space and time - and perceive ourselves as part of a long heritage, and stewards for an immense future.

- Martin Rees

Science is a part of culture. Indeed, it is the only truly global culture because protons and proteins are the same all over the world, and it's the …

- Martin Rees

The universe is still a place of mystery and wonder.

- Martin Rees

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

- Martin Rees

Most educated people are aware that we are the outcome of nearly 4 billion years of Darwinian selection, but many tend to think that humans are someh…

- Martin Rees

Nuclear weapons can be dismantled, but they cannot be uninvented.

- Martin Rees

I recall a lecture by John Glenn, the first American to go into orbit. When asked what went through his mind while he was crouched in the rocket nose…

- Martin Rees