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“Some string theorists prefer to believe that string theory is too arcane to be understood by human beings, rather than consider the possibility that it might just be wrong.”
― Lee Smolin, The Trouble with Physics: The Rise of String Theory, the Fall of a Science and What Comes Next

“I'm the Ted Bundy of string theory.”
― Sam Harris

“... things are the way they are in our universe because if they Weren't, we would not be here to notice.”
― Brian Greene

“String theory is an attempt at a deeper description of nature by thinking of an elementary particle not as a little point but as a little loop of vibrating string.”
― Edward Witten

“Perfection itself is a flaw, an odd knot in the cosmic fabric of evenly-braided imperfections.”
― Khayri R.R. Woulfe

“All high mathematics serves to do is to beget higher mathematics.”
― Ashim Shanker, Don't Forget to Breathe

“…The wonders of life and the universe are mere reflections of microscopic particles engaged in a pointless dance fully choreographed by the laws of physics.”
― Brian Greene, The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory

“String theory makes sense to me because the universe is a symphony that creates harmony with the vibration of our strings.”
― Kamand Kojouri

“The universe as a giant harpstring, oscillating in and out of existence! What note does it play, by the way? Passages from the Numerical Harmonies, I supposed?”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

“We have one real candidate for changing the rules; this is string theory. In string theory the one-dimensional trajectory of a particle in spacetime is replaced by a two-dimensional orbit of a string. Such strings can be of any size, but under ordinary circumstances they are quite tiny, ... a value determined by comparing the predictions of the theory for Newton's constant and the fine structure constant to experimental values.”
― Edward Witten

“(The string is extremely tiny, at the Planck length of 10 ^-33 cm, a billion billion times smaller than a proton, so all subatomic particles appear pointlike.)

If we were to pluck this string, the vibration would change; the electron might turn into a neutrino. Pluck it again and it might turn into a quark. In fact, if you plucked it hard enough, it could turn into any of the known subatomic particles.

Strings can interact by splitting and rejoining, thus creating the interactions we see among electrons and protons in atoms. In this way, through string theory, we can reproduce all the laws of atomic and nuclear physics. The "melodies" that can be written on strings correspond to the laws of chemistry. The universe can now be viewed as a vast symphony of strings.”
― Michio Kaku, Parallel Worlds: A Journey through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos

“There was a sense that the one true theory had been discovered. Nothing else was important or worth thinking about. Seminars devoted to string theory sprang up at many of the major universities and research institutes. At Harvard, the string theory seminar was called the Postmodern Physics seminar.
This appellation was not meant ironically.”
― Lee Smolin, The Trouble with Physics: The Rise of String Theory, the Fall of a Science and What Comes Next

“We can measure the fine structure constant with very great precision, but so far none of our theories has provided an explanation of its measured value. One of the aims of superstring theory is to predict this quantity precisely. Any theory that could do that would be taken very seriously indeed as a potential 'Theory of Everything'.”
― John D. Barrow, Impossibility: The Limits of Science and the Science of Limits

“For me, the most beautiful aspects of physics are not the complicated math equations or even the ability of predicting how things will happen. What attracts me to physics is what it teaches us about the bigger picture. The general philosophical lessons that are embedded in physical laws are what excite me. For example, the fact that all particles and forces get unified within string theory teaches us about the unity underlying our universe. The amazingly vast collection of solutions to equations of string theory suggests that there may be many universes besides ours. What happened before the big bang, or was there a time before big bang? The “duality symmetryâ€� in string theory, which exchanges small spaces with large spaces, suggests that perhaps as we go back in time the universe was effectively getting bigger instead of smaller. This suggests we came from other universes. Physics teaches us deep facts about our universe and our place in it. I hope I can add a little to this beautiful story. That is my goal.”
― Cumrun Vafa

“All human beings are connected. It’s like we’re all holding onto ropes that tie to each other. The bond is closer and stronger with people you’ve met; the longer or better you know someone, the easier it is to tune into their energy.”
― Brownell Landrum, A Chorus of Voices: DUET stories Volume III - Adult Version

“Music is the perfect reminder of our essence; the vibration of strings”
― Budel

“Note the way "up close and personal" profiles of professional athletes strain so hard to find evidence of a rounded human life–outside interests and activities, values beyond the sport. We ignore what's obvious, that most of this straining is farce. It's farce because the realities of top-level athletics today require an early and total commitment to one area of excellence. An ascetic focus. A subsumption of almost all other features of human life to one chosen talent and pursuit. A consent to live in a world that, like a child's world, is very small.”
― David Foster Wallace

“If string theory is right, the microscopic fabric of our universe is a richly intertwined multidimensional labyrinth within which the strings of the universe endlessly twist and vibrate, rhythmically beating out the laws of the cosmos.”
― Brian Greene, The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory

“So one might say that music killed him, that he was felled by music. It's a theory.

String theory.”
― Emma Richler, Be My Wolff

“All these dualities suggest that string theorists have been looking at the same animal, only some have discovered the tail, while others have found the ears or glimpsed a snout. The problem is, they still don't know what kind of animal they're dealing with.”
― K.C. Cole, The Hole in the Universe

“To be sure, physicists have faith in string theory because, in some important sense, at least, it seems to work - just as people fly in airplanes because they work. The difference is, somebody understands how jets work. And no one, as yet, understands what underlies string theory.”
― K.C. Cole, The Hole in the Universe

“Streams of brown, soapy water ran from him toward the drain. It circled there before falling in. He closed his eyes tightly so that the soap on his head wouldn’t burn them.

“Here’s a little brain exercise for you, Azure: I used to wonder where all the water goes,� said Neela, sitting on a stool outside the tub. “It doesn’t just disappear into nothingness. It needs to go somewhere. But we don’t have normal sewers like the ground districts do. So, what do you think happens to it?�

“I-I d-d-don’t know…�

“There are pipes beneath us we can’t see. Just because we can’t see the pipes doesn’t mean that the pipes aren’t there. They’re there, alright. They have to be. Winding and weaving. We see their effects, otherwise we’d be swimming in filth. Some come from our sinks. Some come from our tubs. Some come from our toilets. But they’re all connected somewhere. All that dirty water is filtered out and treated somewhere. Some giant collection pool.”
― Steven Seril, The Destroyer of Worlds: An Answer to Every Question

“An Angel told me that all of creation, further than the eye can see, can be thought of as a great tree. Its branches, twigs, and leaves have lives and directions of their own. They grow—winding, weaving, deviating, breaking, dying—as fate allows. Still, no matter their lives and directions, they all share the same trunk & the same roots, the same singular point of origin. Like the roots under the soil of the ground, we may not see them, but we know they’re there. Without roots, the tree would fall over in the wind or it would die from lack of nutrients.

The Angel said that there once existed a single universe at the root, a grandfather universe, which most sentient beings might call “Heaven.� It was a glorious place that burned with otherworldly flames that radiated from the angelic host and the God of gods so that it was never dark and never night.

A great disaster came upon Heaven: the very first rebellion, the very first war.”
― Steven Seril, The Destroyer of Worlds: An Answer to Every Question

“The universe is managed by an invisible and invincible power that is above and beyond the theories of science and formulas of gravity, atoms, black holes, string theory, and others.”
― Vikrmn: CA Vikram Verma, Smiling Brahma

“If physicists versed in Bosonic string theory can claim twenty-six dimensions, then deep divergence should also enjoy the freedom to dance between the raindrops on the wings of human imagination.”
― Kevin Molesworth, The Utility of Deep Divergence in Applied Creativity

“Science and faith are more in agreement than they realize. The growing belief the universe is sentient is evidence of a deity, just in a different form than anticipated.”
― Ralph Homan

“The question of who is having successful and satisfying intercourse with the deepest levels of reality, and who is just imagining it, still remains to be answered.”
― Peter Woit, Not Even Wrong: The Failure of String Theory and the Search for Unity in Physical Law

“As string theorists march on in their quest for the theory of everything, whilst also leaving a trail of mathematical gems along the way, some traditional physicists were outraged: “Is physics no longer rooted in observations of nature? Or is this theology?â€� I couldn’t help but notice a striking parallel with the way mathematics became detached from physics during the nineteenth century and, in particular, the outrage that accompanied Cantor’s transfinite set theory and Hilbert’s non-constructive proofs. Was the kind of mathematics that could never be exhibited with real objects actual mathematics, or was it theology? With the benefit of hindsight, we now know that the mathematics flourished like never before during the twentieth century. One can only hope the same thing happens with string theory in the decades to come.”
― Xi Yin