Quantum physics makes me so happy. It's like looking at the universe naked.
Universe, PhysicsSheldon Cooper in The Big Bang Theory, Season 5 Episode 20This physicist goes into an ice cream parlor every week and orders an ice cream sundae for himself, and then offers one to the empty stool sitting next to him. This goes on for a while until the owner finally asks him what he's doing. The man says, "Well, I'm a physicist, and quantum mechanics teaches us, that it is possible for the matter above this stool to spontaneously turn into a beautiful woman who might accept my offer and fall in love with me." The owner then says, "Lots of single, beautiful women come in here ever day. Buy an ice cream for one of them, and they might fall in love with you." And the physicist says, "Yeah, but what are the odds of that happening?!"
PhysicsPenny in The Big Bang Theory, Season 2 Episode 19Spent all these years to find out about the quantum realm and I found out that I know nothing.
Ant-Man, by Dr. Hank PymLife is strong and fragile. It's a paradox... It's both things, like quantum physics: It's a particle and a wave at the same time. It all exists all together.
LifeJoan JettQuantum physics thus reveals a basic oneness of the universe.
Erwin SchrödingerIf quantum mechanics hasn't profoundly shocked you, you haven't understood it yet.
Niels BohrQuantum mechanics makes absolutely no sense
Roger PenroseThe "paradox" is only a conflict between reality and your feeling of what reality ‘ought to be'
Richard Feynman, about quantum mechanicsIf you are not completely confused by quantum mechanics, you do not understand it.
John WheelerI do not like it, and I am sorry I ever had anything to do with it.
Erwin Schrödinger, about quantum mechanicsReaders probably haven't heard much about it yet, but they will. Quantum technology turns ordinary reality upside down.
Michael CrichtonIf it is correct, it signifies the end of physics as a science.
Albert Einstein, about quantum mechanics