At every stage of understanding the universe better, the benefits to civilisation have been immeasurable. None of those big leaps were made with us knowing what was going to happen.

When we look out into space, we are looking into our own origins, because we are truly children of the stars.

We are the cosmos made conscious and life is the means by which the universe understands itself.

You dig deeper and it gets more and more complicated, and you get confused, and it's tricky and it's hard, but... It is beautiful.

Science is different to all other systems of thought because you dont need faith in it, you can check that it works.

Science is about exploring, and the only way to uncover the secrets of the universe is to go and look.

Every carbon atom in every living thing on the planet was produced in the heart of a dying star.

In science, there are no universal truths, just views of the world that have yet to be shown to be false.

An explorer of the universe is sexier than a musician.

Skepticism must go hand in hand with rationality. When theories are shown to be false, the correct thing to do is to move on.

Deeper understanding confers that most precious thing - wonder.

But the Holy Spirit is not in a hurry. Character is the produce of a lifetime.

The work of Henry James has always seemed divisible by a simple dynastic arrangement into three reigns: James 1st James 2nd and the Old Pretender.

This is the copywriters task: not to create mass desire — but to channel and direct it.

When you hug someone, never be the first to let go.

You may believe you're an excellent rider," he called, "but there are a score of Temujai back there who actually are.

If you accept failure as learning, it's not discouraging to keep adapting until you find success.

A star is shining within us and that is our Spirit.

Our health care is rationed by wealth.

You can never be satisfied as an entrepreneur, and the basis of any successful, growing business is new clients.

Religion is not any particular teaching. Religion is everywhere.