Chaos, when left alone, tends to multiply.

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.

I mean, if Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at twenty-two, the history of music would have been very different. As would the history of aviation, of course.

Us atheist people, we believe we have to act properly and honestly for a moral principle and not because we expect an award in Paradise.

Telling someone to be confident in the abstract is not going to make it easier for the unconfident writer to actually get herself or himself to the point of being able to put in the upsetting stuff.

And do respect the women of the world; remember you all had mothers.

Parenthood abruptly catapults us into a permanent relationship with a stranger.

We are the only species on earth capable of preventing our own flowering.

Just as with running, there were days that I didnt feel like writing; I wrote anyways.

Keep an open mind---but not so open your brain falls out.

All motivation is self-motivation. Your family, your boss, or your co-workers can try to get your engine going, but until you decide what to accomplish, nothing will happen.

The data is going to indicate sadly that when the Obama administration is over, black people will have lost ground in every single leading economic indicator category.