They say that even the brightest star won't shine forever. But in fact, the brightest star would live the shortest amount of time. Feel free to extract whatever life lesson you want from that.

Pseudoscience is like a virus. At low levels, it's no big deal, but when it reaches a certain threshold it becomes sickening.

I'm tired of ignorance held up as inspiration, where vicious anti-intellectualism is considered a positive trait, and where uninformed opinion is displayed as fact.

Teach a man to reason and he will think for a lifetime.

The difference between the dinosaurs and us is that we have a space program and we can vote...

However, science isn't just about showing when you're right; it's also about showing when you're wrong.

The Universe is cool enough without making up crap about it.

Humanity and life are reflected in the stars, and the Universe itself is poetry.

Other job markets may lay claim to the title, but astronomy is actually the world's oldest profession.

I still hear some people say that science takes the wonder out of life. Those people are utterly wrong. Science takes us to the wonder

I'm tired of ignorance held up as inspiration.

For every great success, diligence is desirable from the beginning to the very end.

The meaning of life is to make life be more.

Human tragedies:We all want to be extraordinaryand we all just want to fit in.Unfortunately, extraordinary people rarely fit in.

No non-poetic account of reality can be complete.

Music must be listened to; it is not enough to hear it. A duck hears also.

The purpose of life is to believe, to hope, and to strive.

The first acting I ever did was an Italian commercial. Once I did that, I said, 'this acting thing is awesome.'

It's normal that people expect more from the French team.

I had my eyes closed in the dark, I sighed a million sighs, I told a million lies, to myself, to myself.

The blackness would stir and eventually go away, and God would remain, a shining point of light in my heart. I would go on loving.