The answer to the ancient question Why is there something rather than nothing would be that nothingis unstable.

If you don't make mistakes, you're not working on hard enough problems. And that's a big mistake.

In physics, you don't have to go around making trouble for yourself - nature does it for you.

An ordinary mistake is one that leads to a dead end, while a profound mistake is one that leads to progress. Anyone can make an ordinary mistake, but it takes a genius to make a profound mistake.

The brain rewards us for interacting with beautiful things. In this way, evolution wants to encourage us to do what is good for us.

Why is there something rather than nothing?

I believe that everything you've said is not even wrong.

I'm convinced that art and science activate the same parts of the brain.

I went off to college planning to major in math or philosophy-- of course, both those ideas are really the same idea.

If you don’t make mistakes, you’re not working on hard enough problems

The answer to the ancient question 'Why is there something rather than nothing?' would then be that ‘nothing’ is unstable.

I mean, that was the code, wasn’t it? Single girls and taken guys weren’t allowed to be friends. The leash always got in the way.

I would like to paint the way a bird sings.

Oh No! My wings are effed up!

Men knew better than they realized, when they placed the abode of the gods beyond the reach of gravity.

Success today requires the agility and drive to constantly rethink, reinvigorate, react, and reinvent.

One thing that's coming up a lot is: are you as grumpy as you appear from this Black Books thing.

Religious people split into three main groups when faced with science. I shall label them the "know-nothings", the "know-alls", and the "no-contests."

I don't claim to have found the Truth, but I know it has found me.

There should always be in sight the draw — a kind of a beacon that draws you on through the labyrinth.

Unfortunately we just toured the East and West coasts so we didn't run into any rednecks.