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Lisa Randall Quotes

American - Physicist | June 18, 1962 -

People who dismiss science in favor of religion sometimes confuse the challenge of rigorously understanding the world with a deliberate intellectual exclusion that leads them to mistrust scientists and, to their detriment, what they discover.

Science Challenge Religion People

There can sometimes be this fear among laypeople: 'I don't understand everything in science perfectly, so I just can't say anything about it.' I think it's good to know that we scientists are also confused some of the time.

Good Fear Science Time Think Know

The process of science is difficult and challenging. It involves always being aware that your ideas might be right or they might be wrong. I think it's that kind of balance that makes science so interesting.

Science Balance Ideas Think Process

I grew up in New York City. I went to museums so much as a kid, and I guess I didn't realize how much it affected me.

New York City Me New Museums Kid

I don't necessarily make much art myself, but after I wrote 'Warped Passages,' I was fortunate to get involved a little in the art world. I got invited to write a libretto for what we called a projective opera, and I also got invited to curate an art exhibit.

Art Myself World Write Opera Little

I really like that my work is getting more people interested in science.

Work Science People More Interested

What makes me different as a scientist is that I'm kind of imaginative. The ideas just happen.

Me Ideas Kind Happen Different Just

If you are a responsible scientist, you are going to present your new results in a paper, and maybe if, over time, things are established, and it's prime time for the public to hear about it, then you include it in a book.

Time Book Present You Results New

I do try to do high-impact work, and I try to think of ideas people haven't thought about that have broad implications, but I don't restrict myself to that. I try to work on things that I find interesting.

Work Myself People Ideas Think Find

Harvard freshmen are smart, interested, and excited, and it's fun hearing their different perspectives and stuff that they will share.

Smart Fun Will Hearing Excited

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