I lose sleep at night wondering whether we are intelligent enough to figure out the universe. I don't know.

Dreams about the future are always filled with gadgets.

Claiming there is no other life in the universe is like scooping up some water, looking at the cup and claiming there are no whales in the ocean.

Knowing how to think empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.

Need a distraction today? Not only does 12 + 1 = 11 + 2, but the letters "twelve plus one" rearrange to give you "eleven plus two."

We are part of this universe; we are in this universe, but perhaps more important than both of those facts, is that the universe is in us.

The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.

Today, scientists sound the alarm on other environmental dangers. Vested interests still hire their own scientists to confuse the issue. But in the end, nature, will not be fooled.

If you're really successful at bullshitting, it means you're not hanging around enough people smarter than you.

We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically.

Santa knows Physics: Of all colors, Red Light penetrates fog best. That's why Benny the Blue-nosed reindeer never got the gig.

My words are within the rimBut No rim can bind my Thought.

Yes, us. And the vow I just made. Hell, Rosa, it's about your home branded on my body.

...[D]eviance is an attributed designation rather than something inherent in individuals...

We do not go (to the theatre) like our ancestors to escape from the pressure of reality so much as to confirm our experience of it.

Poetry, almost by definition, calls attention to its language and form.

The salt of any interesting civilization is mixture.

A nation does not create the historians it deserves; the historians are far more likely to create the nation.

If you do the best you can, no matter how bad the situation, you probably are going to come out okay.

There is no safe dose of radiation since radiation is cumulative. Harm in the form of excess human cancer occurs at all doses of ionizing radiation, down to the lowest conceivable dose and dose rate.

Education can be dangerous. It is very difficult to make it not dangerous. In fact, it is almost impossible.