For the moment we might very well can them DUNNOS (for Dark Unknown Nonreflective Nondetectable Objects Somewhere).

Physics is really nothing more than a search for ultimate simplicity, but so far all we have is a kind of elegant messiness.

In terms of adaptability, humans are pretty amazingly useless.

Energy is liberated matter, matter is energy waiting to happen.

Consider the Lichen. Lichens are just about the hardiest visible organisms on Earth, but the least ambitious.

The universe is an amazingly fickle and eventful place, and our existence within is a wonder.

On a cooler sun on a primordial earth: "I later learned that biologists, when they are feeling jocose, refer to this as the 'Chinese Resaturant Problem'--because we has a dim sun.

It seems impossible that you could get something from nothing, but the fact that once there was nothing and now there is a universe is evident proof that you can.

Worse still, it isn’t actually necessary to look to space for petrifying danger. As we are about to see, Earth can provide plenty of danger of its own.

Some ghosts tried to be showy. These were the kinds to avoid.

Because I think in order to get famous you have to be known for something. Like 'You're the romantic comedy girl' or 'You're the Oscar-winning whatever girl.'

An artist carries on throughout his life a mysterious, uninterrupted conversation with his public.

If you want me in the Hall of Fame put me in because of some contributions that I have made to country music.

Blade Runner was an incredibly influential movie, in terms of the way that it envisioned what the future was going to look like.

I don't want to be younger, I just want to look it.

Life's too short to spend with important people.

I like all music. Well, I don't like music that was created to make money. I don't really like bands that don't write their own music

Everything you possess of skill, and wealth, and handicraft, wasn't it first merely a thought and a quest?

I spend a lot of time talking to young and emerging producers on Twitter, feeding back thoughts and encouraging them.