If you're scientifically literate, the world looks very different to you, and that understanding empowers you.

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.

Love, doesn't need any stamp of society to prove itself, it just happens

Unfortunately, the worst part of a product/service is the seller.

My shoes I got to pick. I chose worn-out red flats. I figured I should make it clear from the start that I wasn’t princess material.

People think fame and money will bring you happiness. Fame actually makes life, especially human relationships, much more complicated.

We were ordered out to quell an uprising of the Indians, and were out for several days, had numerous skirmishes during which six of the soldiers were killed and several severely wounded.

Nothing I did contributed to me having cancer, so I can't sit back and say, 'Oh why me.' Why not me? Why does tragedy always have to hit someone else?

Nature paints not; In oils, but frescoes the great dome of heaven; With sunsets, and the lovely forms of clouds; And flying vapors.

It is a great error to take oneself for more than one is, or for less than one is worth.

Walk with the dead For fear of death.

I expected the illegible and the deeply buried in me to be read as if carved on my forehead, just as I expected the obvious and the ill-concealed to be hidden from view.