Burton Richter

What we're really after is trying to understand what's in the mind of God.

What lots of people have been trying to do ever since is find what's beyond the current Standard Model. So far, it has stood impervious to all attacks.

While a lab Director can get done the things that he regards as important, he has the more important job of bringing out the best ideas of the broader scientific community.

We define ourselves as intelligent. That's odd, because we're doing the definition - We're creating our own definition and saying, 'We are intelligent!'

I was a bit challenged when I was younger to stay on the right path.

But with each passing year and each new study, the evidence for the genetic contribution to individual and group differences becomes more firmly established than ever.