My fundamental premise about the brain is that its workings - what we sometimes call "mind" - are a consequence of its anatomy and physiology, and nothing more.

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.

The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.

I don't want to believe. I want to know.

The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence.

The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.

We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.

For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.

You have to know the past to understand the present.

It’s not that I don’t like it, it’s just…” His eyes dropped from hers again, almost as if-?

In the stillness of the ocean, I wonder at the dancing waves.

Might and wrong combined, like iron magnetized, are endowed with irresistible attraction.

Surround yourself with good people. People who are going to be honest with you and look out for your best interests.

No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.

Forces of light on earth shall overcome the force of darkness. Complete spiritual enlightenment on earth will occur.

Dinah Shore? Wonderful woman. Dinah formed a foundation to locate missing senior citizens by putting their pictures on prune juice bottles.

I don't know where I end and the world begins. My best guess? Skin. It's the only actual boundary between the body and the world, between a body and any other body.

I've often said there's nothing better for the inside of a man than the outside of a horse.

It's not impressive to get in a fight, but if one does happen, you've gotta be ready to handle it. Every girl, not just biker chicks, knows what kind of guy can.