... the state of a really big system does not at all have to have the symmetry of the laws which govern it; in fact, it usually has less symmetry. - Philip W. Anderson

My belief is based on the fact that string theory is the first science in hundreds of years to be pursued in pre-Baconian fashion, without any adequate experimental guidance.

“We atheists can . . . argue that, with the modern revolution in attitudes toward homosexuals, we have become the only group that may not reveal itself in normal social discourse”.

All I can say to the younger theorists is: don’t trust anyone over 45, except maybe me, and I’m not so sure about me.”