The emergence of consciousness, like the unfolding of a leaf, relies upon restraint.

Chemistry begins in the stars. The stars are the source of the chemical elements, which are the building blocks of matter and the core of our subject.

Any argument that asserts that 'God did it' is a sign of a lazy mind.

I regard teaching religion as purveying lies.

Truth is not arrived at by majority vote.

Science is almost totally incompatible with religion.

My aim is to argue that the universe can come into existence without intervention, and that there is no need to invoke the idea of a Supreme Being in one of its numerous manifestations.

[Religion is] a fantasy [and is] completely empty of any explanatory content. It is also evil.

It is not possible to be intellectually honest and believe in gods. And it is not possible to believe in gods and be a true scientist.

I don't impressed if you're a religious person.I just wanna know about soul behind that mask.

I have nothing to give but my heart so full and these empty hands.""They're not empty now.

Whatever's between us is that kind of new.

Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.

I've come through things that would have felled an ox. That fills me with optimism, not just for myself but for our particular species.

I love Audrey Hepburn. I thought she was very classy.

People are like that, judging you before they know you.

The universe is popping all over the place.

In the hurdles you have ten opportunities to improve; that's what's so cool about it.

Readers, transformed by film and TV, are used to seeing stories. The reading experience . . . is increasingly visual.