Quotes by John Archibald Wheeler

I had a picture of a seven-year-old throwing a Frisbee around on the grass but it's treated as a spiritual place.
– John Archibald Wheeler
It is my opinion that everything must be based on a simple idea. And it is my opinion that this idea, once we have finally discovered it, will be so compelling, so beautiful, that we will say to one another, yes, how could it have been any different.
– John Archibald Wheeler
It was the defining event and remains a thousand degrees hot.
– John Archibald Wheeler
Time is what prevents everything from happening at once.
– John Archibald Wheeler
If you haven't found something strange during the day, it hasn't been much of a day.
– John Archibald Wheeler
We live on an island surrounded by a sea of ignorance. As our island of knowledge grows, so does the shore of our ignorance.
– John Archibald Wheeler