I was one of those kids who always thought that we should know how the world works around us. Saul Perlmutter Read Quote
From our point of view, the most exciting thing would be if we discovered something really fundamental in our understanding was just off a bit – and that now we have a chance to revisit it. Saul Perlmutter Read Quote
It is a tough choice between ending up in the cold or ending up in a fiery blast. Saul Perlmutter Read Quote
You don’t want to come out with anything that’s wrong, of course, in a scientific, you know, a major scientific announcement, and so you’re being so careful trying to check, well maybe it’s this, maybe it’s that, you’re looking at every possible thing. Saul Perlmutter Read Quote
If you ask almost any of them, ‘Do you stand behind your theory? Is this the answer?’ I think almost everyone would say, ‘No, no, no. I’m just trying to expand the range of possibilities.’ We really don’t know what’s going on. Saul Perlmutter Read Quote
You want your mind to be boggled. That is a pleasure in and of itself. And it’s more a pleasure if it’s boggled by something that you can then demonstrate is really, really true. Saul Perlmutter Read Quote
Astronomers ought to be able to ask fundamental questions without accelerators. Saul Perlmutter Read Quote
It’s interesting to wake up at 3 in the morning by someone saying they’re a reporter and they want to know how you feel. I felt fine, but I said, ‘Well, why do you ask?’ Saul Perlmutter Read Quote
It seemed like my favourite kind of job – a wonderful chance to ask something absolutely fundamental: the fate of the Universe and whether the Universe was infinite or not. Saul Perlmutter Read Quote
The original project began because we know the universe is expanding. Everybody had assumed that gravity would slow down the expansion of the universe and everything would come to a halt and collapse. The big surprise was it was actually speeding up. Saul Perlmutter Read Quote
