Those with the courage to explore the weave and structure of the Cosmos, even where it differs profoundly from their wishes and prejudices, will penetrate its deepest mysteries.

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.

Our measure of hope is in direct proportion to our ability to conquer hopelessness.

Are your consistent beliefs serving you or are they holding you back?

Perfect behaviour is born of complete indifference.

You can no longer buy commodities at Merrill Lynch. My guess is many analysts and even executives are too young to know how profitable a hot commodities market can be. They will soon.

I want you to admit that there is such a thing as white privilege.

If a man cannot feel the power of God when he looks upon the stars, then I doubt whether he is capable of any feeling at all.

The first evil those who are prone to talk suffer, is that they hear nothing.

A whole I planned, Youth shows but half; trust God: See all, nor be afraid!

If it's a good record or a good recording, then word of mouth will build for that reason, not before the fact, not before anyone's heard it, not because of MySpace or the label.

I'm in a rock band - I don't have a day job! I am spoiled... a lot.