如果A代表一个人的成功，那么A等于x加y加z。勤奋工作是x；y是玩耍，而z是把嘴闭上。
原文：If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.
如果我再次成为一个展望人生的年轻人，我不会选择成为一个科学家、学者或是教师。我宁可去做一个水管工或是小贩，盼望着在当前的环境里，可以找到些许独立自主的空间。
原文：If I would be a young man again and had to decide how to make my living, I would not try to become a scientist or scholar or teacher. I would rather choose to be a plumber or a peddler in the hope to find that modest degree of independence still available under present circumstances.
如果我们知道我们在做什么，那么这就不叫科学研究了；不是吗？
原文：If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be called research, would it?
创新不是由逻辑思维带来的，尽管最后的产物有赖于一个符合逻辑的结构。
原文：Innovation is not the product of logical thought, even though the final product is tied to a logical structure.
要打破人的偏见比崩解一个原子还难。
原文:It is harder to crack a prejudice than an atom.
把你的手放在滚热的炉子上一分钟，感觉起来像一小时。坐在一个漂亮姑娘身边整整一小时，感觉起来像一分钟。这就是相对论。
原文:Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. That's relativity.
科学是个美妙的东西——如果无须靠它维生的话。
原文:Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it.
上帝难以捉摸，但并不心怀恶意。
原文:Subtle is the Lord, but malicious He is not. (Raffiniert ist der Herrgott, aber boshaft ist Er nicht.)
天才和愚蠢之间的区别就是天才是有极限的。
原文:The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.
我们不能用制造问题时的同一水平思维来解决问题。
原文:The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.
创新的秘密在于知道如何把你的智谋藏而不露。
原文:The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.