George Smoot Inspirational Quotes (4)

I played football and ran track in junior high, but by high school I was getting serious about my studies.

Both my parents instilled an interest in science and mathematics.

The big bang, the most cataclysmic event we can imagine, on closer inspection appears finely orchestrated.

But every day I go to work I'm making a bet that the universe is simple, symmetric, and aesthetically pleasing — a universe that we humans, with our limited perspective, will someday understand.