Brian Schmidt Quotations

Australians have a free spirit and an ability to think outside the box, and that is why I like Australia so much.

Even if I stumble on to the absolute truth of any aspect of the universe, I will not realise my luck and instead will spend my life trying to find flaws in this understanding - such is the role of a scientist.

I have been described by one of my colleagues as a 'militant agnostic' with my tagline, 'I don't know, and neither do you!' I take this hard-line, fence-sitting position because it is the only position consistent with both my scientific ethos and my conscience.

I am an astronomer, and my job is to look to the heavens to better understand the universe and our place in it.

I think a scientist's job is to explore the Universe, to explore the cosmos around us. People always want to know - why is that useful? Well, on just pure fundamental grounds, on some level it's like art, it's like umm, music, it's aesthetics, it's like philosophy. You want to know where you are in the Universe.

I'm actually surprised how technical a lot of commercial wine production is. Things are done very much from an industrial chemistry point of view at certain price points, but that's not the impression you get with wine.

The reality is that I'm making better wine than I thought I would. The whole process is simple but beautiful.

There can be theory but, you know, the problem is you've got to be able to test it. So theories are one thing, testing is another.

I don't even really know what the big bang is, and so when people want to go through and say, 'Well, I believe that the universe started by God starting it,' that's fine by me.

Science is not, despite how it is often portrayed, about absolute truths. It is about developing an understanding of the world, making predictions, and then testing these predictions.

We were trying to get the word out, but they were stranded.

Because I helped discover the expansion rate of the universe was accelerating.

If we're damaged it will take 20 years to fix ourselves. It only takes one year to cause 20 years of damage.

Our goal would be that all existing agricultural land, accurately and honestly defined, is mitigated by the preservation of other lands at a one-to-one ratio.

We have people from all over the world ask us, 'how much will it cost to play our material?' The issue is not specific to Jamaica.

You have to be careful (in accusing people of taking bribes), because sometimes what people perceive to be payola really isn't. The disc jock might just like what this artiste or label does, or get lots of request from the public.

Beating my brother's place would be great. It feels good to place. I want to get in the top four at least. This is it for my career, so I might as well let it all hang out and try and get as far as I can. Just go all out.

These results are remarkable. Based on this success, we will continue to use Cohorts to tailor our messages and creative to specific target markets.

You can throw it out or you can do what you want.

It's not easy. Payola is something that is not readily identified because it can take so many forms.