Technology is, in the broadest sense, mind or intelligence or purpose blending with nature.

It will be in the convergence of evolutionary biology, developmental biology and cancer biology that the answer to cancer will lie. Nor will this confluence be a one-way street.

The thing about lucid dreams is that it's not like the real world where you are constrained by all sorts of things, including the laws of physics - you can do magic.

It may seem bizarre, but in my opinion science offers a surer path to God than religion.

The laws of physics ... seem to be the product of exceedingly ingenious design... The universe must have a purpose.

In science, a healthy skepticism is a professional necessity, whereas in religion, having belief without evidence is regarded as a virtue.

To a physicist life looks nothing short of a miracle. It's just amazing what living things can do.

If we knew we were not alone in the universe it would have a very, very deep impact on our worldview, on our understanding of our place in the universe.

Science is about explaining the world, and religion is about interpreting it. There shouldn't be any conflict.

The Goldilocks Enigma is the idea that everything in the universe is just right for life, like the porridge in the fairy tale.

Is there anything science should not try to explain? Science is knowledge and knowledge is power - power to do good or evil. Sometimes ignorance is bliss.

Awareness seeped in and brought its friends Pain and Agony for a visit.

...the greater objective (representative) perfection there is in our idea of a thing, the greater also must be the perfection of its cause.

Always think twice before asking anything of anyone that ends in the words, on your face.

Oh, that we could but convince men and women that murmuring spirit is a greater evil than any affliction, whatever the affliction!

Taste is the only morality. Tell me what you like and I'll tell you what you are.

Oscar and I have something in common. Oscar first came to Hollywood scene in 1928. So did I. We're both a little weather-beaten, but we're still here and plan to be around for a whole lot longer.

If you try to be someone else, you rob God of who He is trying to make YOU to be.

I'm envious of people who can sleep as long as they want. I have the circadian rhythm of a farmer.

Who were the best players I had ever played against? Raul, Messi, Zidane.

It's a long way from not having enough serotonin to thinking the world is "stale, flat and unprofitable"; even further to writing a play about a man driven by that thought.