Those afraid of the universe as it really is, those who pretend to nonexistent knowledge and envision a Cosmos centered on human beings will prefer the fleeting comforts of superstition.

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.

The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.

I don't want to believe. I want to know.

The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence.

The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.

We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.

For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.

You have to know the past to understand the present.

The impact of your life will go beyond your imagination. Live your life to be a blessing.

I have a mouth for kisses / No one to give or to take / I have a heart in my bosom / Beating for nobody's sake.

Hope is the poor man's bread.

We are least open to precise knowledge concerning the things we are most vehement about.

Whoever has power takes over the noun - and the norm - while the less powerful get an adjective.

I think the pressure to be perfect generally in life has amped up massively in the last twenty years: especially for young people with the advent of social media.

Private property has made us so stupid and one-sided that an object is only ours when we have it

I think wanting to write is a fundamental sign of disease and discomfort. I don't think people who are comfortable want to write.

Trusting God is the answer. He will never let you down.

Larry Kasdan has made some of my favorite movies of all time so just to be working with him was a pleasure. Now that I have, I not only respect his work but I just love and respect him as a person.