“We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming.”

“There will be paperwork, no government action can occur without it, but that can come later.”

“So much paperwork to read! So much paperwork to push away! So much paperwork to pretend he hadn't received and that might have been eaten by gargoyles.”

“Management cares about only one thing. Paperwork. They will forgive almost anything else—cost overruns, gross incompetence, criminal indictments—as long as the paperwork’s filled out properly. And in on time.”

“I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork.”

“I was joined by Carlo Rovelli, and we were able to make a full-fledged quantum theory of gravity… This became loop quantum gravity.”

“We say that Columbus discovered America and Newton discovered gravity, as though America and gravity weren't there until Columbus and Newton got wind of them.”

“Man does not live by bread alone, nor guns, paperwork, theses, naked practicalities.”

“We detect light and particles that have traveled billions of light years on their way across the universe to us. During the billions of years of travel, very small effects due to quantum gravity can be amplified to the point that we can detect them.”

“If possible, try to avoid pushing each other over the edge, as that would cause me extra paperwork.”