Jim Peebles Quotes

I don't like honors. ... I've already got the prize: the prize is the pleasure of finding the thing out, the kick in the discovery, the observation that other people use it. Those are the real things.

Don't make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money. Though it's crucial to make a living, that shouldn't be your inspiration. Do it for yourself.

If my idea was just to maintain a certain lifestyle, there would be no need to get a Ph.D. But I do care very deeply about the idea side as well.

I love learning new things that will never be put to practical use.

I'm not living for when I have a Number One record or when I make a million trillion dollars. I'm not doing this to get somewhere else. I'm doing it because I'm doing it.'

I think a lot of times it's not money that's the primary motivation factor; it's the passion for your job and the professional and personal satisfaction that you get out of doing what you do that motivates you.

Looking back on my 50-year eclectic journey in research, I am grateful that it has gone as well as it has, although still not clever enough to open the black box of enzyme structure.

I will always want to do whatever it is that my heart is in, and whether I get paid for it or not means nothing. It doesn't matter. I'll do it if it means something to me and I want to be a part of it.

I'm not doing my work for constant success.

No one undertakes research in physics with the intention of winning a prize. It is the joy of discovering something no one knew before.

I know, in my heart of hearts, I don't do things for money.

I did it at night because I loved it. I never did it to make money, as a job. I just did it because I had to.

I definitely am the sort of person that likes to be constantly learning things.

I don't do what I do to get nominated. I do what I do because I love it.

I've never really cared if I was famous for my music. It was just something I had to do.

I don't feel like I've ever done anything - even 'Big Momma's House' - that I didn't really have some desire to do.

Encourage your own curiosity; pursue the problems based on that.

I like doing scholarship for its own sake.

Some people are motivated by a need for recognition, some by money, and some by a broad social goal. I start from a different place: from the love of ideas and the urge to put them into motion and see where they might lead.

The money is nice, but I am not in this game for the money.

I have never done films to prove a point to anyone; I have done them for myself.

I think the biggest reward is not physical. I rather obtain things spiritually. I mean, it's so cool to be acknowledged by the public, but that's not my goal. That's not why I make music. I would do it anyway, if there was no reward.

I just love to read, learn, and think through complex things.

When I sat down to write 'Rules of Civility,' I didn't write it for anybody but myself. I wasn't trying to make my mark or make money. I wasn't anxious about feeding my kids or whether my father would be proud of me.

Every creativity has a motive. Either one does it for money, for fame, or for passion. My energies go out for passion.