All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as video in a single large American city in a single year. Not all bits have equal value.

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.

The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.

I don't want to believe. I want to know.

The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence.

The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.

We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.

For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.

You have to know the past to understand the present.

People are attracted to leaders who are skillful in motivating them to become more, do more, and achieve more...

In the greatest trial, we behold the greatness of our great God.

Waking up next to you is like when other people get to sleep in and keep dreaming.

Straight is the gate and narrow is the way which leadeth unto life and few there be that find it.

Life is not all high emotion. Some of the most interesting things are when its not highly emotional: little details of relationships and body language.

Science is agnostic when it comes to god; not atheistic, as some people prefer to read that laden word wrongly; just agnostic.

Dry land is not a myth. I've seen it. Kevin Costner. Waterworld. I don't know what the big fuss is about. I saw that movie nine times. It rules!

Reality is where your consciousness is located

It is a most unhappy state to be at a distance with God: man needs no greater infelicity than to be left to himself.

A lot of people who didn't understand the need for civilians to bear arms on Sept. 10 were pretty clear on the issue by Sept. 12.