Four predictions of the Big Bang Theory have now been verified - surely enough to quench even the most biased critics.

The Infinite has to be a relative concept. Go any distance: an infinite space means that there is more to be explored.

The beauty of science and the nature of scientific revelations constitute part of the modern theologian's perspective and toolbox.

Our knowledge of physics only takes us back so far. Before this instant of cosmic time, all the laws of physics or chemistry are as evanescent as rings of smoke.

Science is paramount, but presents no challenge to a creed that rests on faith-based belief.

One can always find inflationary models to explain whatever phenomenon is represented by the flavour of the month.

Nowadays, cosmology seems rather unexciting.

Jin looked both ways for the Quicksilver Dragon before crossing the canal.

A man is a hero, not because he is braver than anyone else, but because he is brave for ten minutes longer.

Never compete with any man but yourself. Seek to develop yourself.

some of the people with the best smiles are actually broken inside

One with the law is a majority.

To not think of dying, is to not think of living.

I try to be fussy about the parts I play. I think that's quite prudent, it means you're stretching different muscles, and you're scaring yourself by doing something which is out of your comfort zone.

In the hands of the discoverer, medicine becomes a heroic art . . wherever life is dear he is a demigod.

To have created one of the most respected companies in the world. Not necessarily the biggest.

The moral issue here is whether the United States Congress is going to stand in the way of science and preclude scientists from doing lifesaving research.