If I wasn't a professional scientist, I'd be an amateur scientist. But plan B was to go into computers.

All kids are born geniuses, but are crushed by society.

What is the universe? The universe is a symphony of vibrating strings...we are nothing but melodies. We are nothing but cosmic music played out on vibrating strings and membranes.

The human brain has 100 billion neurons, each neuron connected to 10 thousand other neurons. Sitting on your shoulders is the most complicated object in the known universe.

If you could meet your grandkids as elderly citizens in the year 2100 … you would view them as being, basically, Greek gods… that's where we're headed.

It's pointless to have a nice clean desk, because it means you're not doing anything.

Music is the voice of God traveling through ten-dimensional hyperspace.

What do oil company executives, vampires and NASA bureaucrats all have in common? They fear solar energy.

Common sense has no place in Quantum Mechanics.

I believe we exist in a multiverse of universes.

We have the media, which is such a waste in the sense that you can actually feel your IQ get lower as you watch TV.

If you've never eaten while crying you don t know what life tastes like.

Our strength as a nation comes in our unity. We are the United States of America, not the divided states. And those who want to divide us are trying to divide us, and we shouldn't let them do it.

Women's particular experiences continue to shape not just their points of view but their actions, in the United States and around the world.

I don't think anyone is going to Hell, because it only exists in the minds of people who wish ill will on others.

I think a lot of music that's really innovative is not even considered because it was made by people who had a sexual image. And people assume that it's a commodified thing, so it can't be "indie."

I read a lot of heavy literature when I'm on set, so on holiday I want to indulge in something light-hearted.

I always thought every day was a gift, but now I am looking for where to send the thank you note.

I have a one of a kind collection of dolls. My house is like a museum.

Fragmentation occurs when a civilization is in decline.

The bond between true lovers is as close as we come to what endures forever.