How can a speck of a universe be physically identical to the great expanse we view in the heavens above?

Sometimes attaining the deepest familiarity with a question is our best substitute for actually having the answer.

Science is the process that takes us from confusion to understanding.

When kids look up to great scientists the way they do to great musicians and actors, civilization will jump to the next level

Exploring the unknown requires tolerating uncertainty.

We're on this planet for the briefest of moments in cosmic terms, and I want to spend that time thinking about what I consider the deepest questions.

Intelligence is the ability to take in information from the world and to find patterns in that information that allow you to organize your perceptions and understand the external world.

I was holding [my four-year-old daughter] and I said, 'Sophia, I love you more than anything in the universe.' And she turned to me and said, 'Daddy, universe or multiverse?'

Free will is the sensation of making a choice. The sensation is real, but the choice seems illusory. Laws of physics determine the future.

All you are is a bag of particles acting out the laws of physics. That to me is pretty clear.

Physics grapples with the largest questions the universe presents. Where did the totality of reality come from? Did time have a beginning?

I succeed in life by being passionate about my dreams,

This disease of curiosity.

I always hesitate to say that something is lifelike.

Race totally matters. Race totally changes your point of view. It's a different experience.

We don't need to bring down the rich folk to help the poor.

I want to be loved despite my faults. It isn't exactly true that I'm a provocateur. A real provocateur is someone who says things he doesn't think, just to shock. I try to say what I think.

I like doing theaters. I like being up close and personal with the fans. It's really cool.

Everything in the world finds peace - eventually.

To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by education.