A lot of prizes have been awarded for showing the universe is not as simple as we might have thought.

Time can behave like another direction in space under extreme conditions.

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

So remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and hold on to that childlike wonder about what makes the universe exist.

The thing about smart people is that they seem like crazy people to dumb people.

It is all right to make mistakes; nothing is perfect because with perfection, we would not exist.

I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.

People won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.

It is reasonable to ask who or what created the universe, but if the answer is God, then the question has merely been deflected to that of who created God.

It is very important for young people keep their sense of wonder and keep asking why.

The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race.

A life fueled by passions is like riding on the back of a dragon.

I became convinced that noncooperation with evil is as much a moral obligation as is cooperation with good.

If you would dance, my pretty Count, I'll play the tune on my little guitar..

I’m addicted to words. The only way to get my fix is to write and read.

And now we both blushed, because things like changing one’s garments should not be discussed among a Queen and one of her subjects.

My father always said, 'Never trust anyone whose TV is bigger than their book shelf' - so I make sure I read.

I am not particularly distressed by the state of fiction or the role of the writer. The more marginal, perhaps ultimately the more trenchant and observant and finally necessary he'll become.

You can't fool the American people - politician trying to fool the American people.

Ben Hogan is the most merciless of all the modern golfers.

I do not feel like writing verses; but as I light my perfume burner with myrrh and jasmine incense, they suddenly burgeon from my heart, like flowers in a garden.