Apparently, a great deal of dark, unseen material exists, whose gravitational pull is responsible for the motions of the stars and galaxies that we see.

There was no "before" the beginning of our universe, because once upon a time there was no time.

Once upon a time when there was no time.

There is no reason that the universe should be designed for our convenience.

What cannot be known is more revealing than what can.

Some things are as they are regardless of what they were.

We are just strings of quarks living in a suburb of the local density maximum of the universe.

We can predict the present without having to know everything about the past.

If all the stars and galaxies in the universe today were smoothed out into a uniform sea of atoms, there would only be about one atom in every cubic meter of space.

There are only certain intervals of time when life of any sort is possible in an expanding universe and we can practise astronomy only during that habitable time interval in cosmic history.

When we try to observe things that are very small, the act of observation itself will significantly disturb the state we are seeking to measure.

The well of salvation is gospel of Jesus Christ, the Saviour.

There were millions of such families anxious only for peace and quiet in their own little nests. These were the mounting blocks by which the criminals climbed to power and kept it.

It was over, and I knew that. But you don't love someone for almost two years and then turn it off overnight...

I had a vision of what it would look like if like seventy people at the same time went nuts and sprayed water everywhere.

Deformity of the heart I call The worst deformity of all; For what is form, or what is face, But the soul's index, or its case?

I am convinced that we become what we do.

One can measure the greatness and the moral progress of a nation by looking at how it treats its animals.

Before you'll change, something important must be at risk.

If the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it.

There is no more interesting place in the world to meet characters than a movie set.