Author: Peter Higgs

Quotes

Edinburgh is my adopted home. It's a place where I wanted to come and live, and I managed to arrange my life so it happened.

Edinburgh is my adopted home. It's a place where I wanted to come and live, and I managed to arrange my life so it happened.

- Peter Higgs

I'm rather cynical about the way the honours system is used, frankly. A whole lot of the honours system is used for political purposes by the government in power.

I'm rather cynical about the way the honours system is used, frankly. A whole lot of the honours system is used for political purposes by the government in power.

- Peter Higgs

After I retired, it was quite a long time before I went back to my department. I thought I was well out of it.

After I retired, it was quite a long time before I went back to my department. I thought I was well out of it.

- Peter Higgs

Nobody else took what I was doing seriously, so nobody would want to work with me. I was thought to be a bit eccentric and maybe cranky.

Nobody else took what I was doing seriously, so nobody would want to work with me. I was thought to be a bit eccentric and maybe cranky.

- Peter Higgs

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