Climate change: Don't undermine the science just because you don't like the economics

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.

Our parents would not be ‘The best parents in the world’ (to us) if they were not our parents.

Pray greatly.Pray gladly.Pray graciously.Pray gallantly.

Writing music always happened for me in periods when I wasn't under the influence of mind-altering substance.

Spelling is a way to make words safe, at least for now, until another technology appears to soften attacks launched from the mouth.

Some people call themselves fiscal conservatives; my wife says I'm just cheap.

Hold dear to your parents for it is a scary and confusing world without them.

Playing a three-hour Rush show is like running a marathon while solving equations.

To be a monk is to have time to practice for your transformation and healing. And after that to help with the transformation and healing of other people.

Oh, but I like my geese. Like cats, they can't be told what to do, and like dogs, they're loyal, and like people, they talk every chance they get.

But whate'er I am, nor I nor any man that but man is, With nothing shall be pleased 'til he be eased With being nothing.