Science is most definitely not a priesthood where people stand on a mountain and pass truths down to the waiting minions below.

When we look out into space, we are looking into our own origins, because we are truly children of the stars.

We are the cosmos made conscious and life is the means by which the universe understands itself.

You dig deeper and it gets more and more complicated, and you get confused, and it's tricky and it's hard, but... It is beautiful.

Science is different to all other systems of thought because you dont need faith in it, you can check that it works.

Science is about exploring, and the only way to uncover the secrets of the universe is to go and look.

Every carbon atom in every living thing on the planet was produced in the heart of a dying star.

In science, there are no universal truths, just views of the world that have yet to be shown to be false.

An explorer of the universe is sexier than a musician.

Skepticism must go hand in hand with rationality. When theories are shown to be false, the correct thing to do is to move on.

Deeper understanding confers that most precious thing - wonder.

We can't understand the solutions other people arrive at until we understand the problems they are trying to solve.

My father did not have to trade dying alone for the joys of the road. My mother did not have to give up a journey of her own to have a home. Neither do I. Neither do you.

Run the race of life with your sacred strength.

Have confidence in God's character, love, and power.

Personally, I think Jesus would like better bands.

I think when you dissect a joke too much, you have ruined whatever there is in comedy.

What if what you do to survive kills the things you love?

It’s not what you do – it’s what you are becoming.

In documentary, which is the only thing I'm really very familiar with, women are very easily relegated into a producer role.

I am an example of a person who got zeroed into a philosophy early.