Saul Perlmutter

This is the kind of discovery that resonates.

I was one of those kids who always thought that we should know how the world works around us.

Astronomers ought to be able to ask fundamental questions without accelerators.

If you're puzzled by what dark energy is, you're in good company.

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?'

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.

It's an unusual opportunity, a chance for so many people to share in the excitement and the fun of the fact that we may be on to hints as to what the Universe is made out of. I guess the whole point of a prize like this is to be able to get that out into the community.

As a scientist, you feel a sense of team spirit for your country but you also have a sense of team spirit for the international community.