As the ancient myth makers knew, we are children equally of the earth and the sky.

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.

The way you act can sometimes be totally different from the way you actually are.

Someone who thinks the world is always cheating him is right. He is missing that wonderful feeling of trust in someone or something.

. . . the world is filled with the kind of customers who deserve the care and attention I advocate, and I'd be willing to jump through hoops to win and keep them.

When your mother starts using the word "party" as a verb about her kid, that's absolutely crazy.

The message is that ultimate meaning is to be found in this present moment, infusing our everyday lives, here and now.

Mostly I'm interviewed by white people, and identified with white society.

We never really know what stupidity is until we have experimented on ourselves.

Echo waits with art and care And will the faults of song repair.

We both can be the most beautiful and benevolent creatures on the planet, but then there's another side that can be as harsh and as ugly as the darkest thing you could imagine seeing.

I still trust my penalty sytem and will be there when I'll be needed.