Saul Perlmutter Quotes & Sayings

“If you're puzzled by what dark energy is, you're in good company.”

“As a scientist, you feel a sense of team spirit for your country but you also have a sense of team spirit for the international community.”

“Probably the single most important thing about the Nobel Prize for most people is whether they get the coveted parking space on campus.”

“There are still so many questions to answer. When you look at any part of the universe, you have to feel humbled.”

“It is a tough choice between ending up in the cold or ending up in a fiery blast.”

“We have a remarkably complete picture in many ways - and it could be that we're not accounting for something that's almost three-quarters of the entire universe.”

“Nobody really expects a Nobel Prize call.”

“This is the kind of discovery that resonates.”

“I will say that growing up as a kid in an urban environment and having lived in cities all my life, the one achievement that everyone can look forward to is getting the perfect parking spot.”

“For almost a century, the Universe has been known to be expanding as a consequence of the Big Bang about 14 billion years ago. However, the discovery that this expansion is accelerating is astounding. If the expansion will continue to speed up, the Universe will end in ice.”