Science literacy is being plugged into the forces that power the universe. There is no excuse for thinking that the Sun, which is a million times the size of Earth, orbits Earth.

You know that passage in the Bible that says, “And the meek shall inherit the Earth”? Always wondered if that was mistranslated. Perhaps it actually says, “And the geek shall inherit the Earth.

Down there between our legs, it's like an entertainment complex in the middle of a sewage system. Who designed that?

I look forward to the day when the solar system becomes our collective backyard—explored not only with robots, but with the mind, body, and soul of our species.

The sooner you make a mistake and learn to live with it, the better. You're not responsible for everything. You can't control the way things end up.

The food chain has victims at both ends: even rapists and murderers need someone to look down on, and kid killers will do nicely.

Slavery is such an atrocious debasement of human nature, that its very extirpation, if not performed with solicitous care, may sometimes open a source of serious evils.

Sometimes the good guy rips out innocent people's throats. That's just something the world need to live with if it wants the good guy to keep saving the day.

Religious liberty must be protected in this country. It's a principle upon which we were founded.

If you see a river running smoothly, it's because someone has drowned in it, and if it's raging, it means that it's still got bloodlust.

To the artist, the forest is an asylum of peace and dancing shadows.

I love the success of my teammates more than my individual achievements. I've just always cared more about that since I started playing.

I do not belong to any faction, I will fight them all.

I've never once met a successful blogger who questioned the personal value of what she did.