Observations indicate that the universe is expanding at an ever increasing rate. It will expand forever, getting emptier and darker.

Time can behave like another direction in space under extreme conditions.

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

So remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and hold on to that childlike wonder about what makes the universe exist.

The thing about smart people is that they seem like crazy people to dumb people.

It is all right to make mistakes; nothing is perfect because with perfection, we would not exist.

I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.

People won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.

It is reasonable to ask who or what created the universe, but if the answer is God, then the question has merely been deflected to that of who created God.

It is very important for young people keep their sense of wonder and keep asking why.

The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race.

What are words if you really don't mean them when you say them?

If I have to choose between opportunity and preparation, I’d choose preparation, without it opportunity is useless.

The more I do bookstores, the more people come up to me from church groups. I spoke at Pittsburg State College and had 2 or 3 ministers and book groups from a couple of churches.

You will notice already that Mr. Baggins was not quite so prosy as he liked to believe, also that he was very fond of flowers.

You might be a redneck if you celebrate Groundhog Day because you believe in it.

If, for example, you were to think more deeply about death, then it would be truly strange if, in so doing, you did not encounter new images.

I know if I did that [career as painter] all the time I would get tired of it.

I directed three films and each time [I act] I hope it's the last time so I have time to do my film [directing].

Moms are as relenless as the tides. They don't just drive as to practice, they drive us to greatness