We are stardust brought to life, then empowered by the universe to figure itself out—and we have only just begun.

The Universe was opaque until 380.000 years after the Big Bang.

The good thing about the laws of physics is that they require no law enforcement agencies to maintain them

People who believe they are ignorant of nothing have neither looked for, nor stumbled upon, the boundary between what is known and unknown in the universe.

The encapsulated bird your conspirators sent you to fetch. The sterilized male chicken with the Creator DNA sequences. The plot capon. Where is it?

Like so many women for whom money has always been provided without their understanding how, she was prepared to be a thorough and irresponsible plunger.

Your greatest disappointment will often lead you to your greatest appointment.

I think the more we fill our lives with more and more things we have to do, the less and less time we are spending on who we have to be.

We have to repair that trust ... I think anytime a public official lies, he undermines his own authority and squanders the public trust.

If thou would'st have me sing and play As once I play'd and sung, First take this time-worn lute away, And bring one freshly strung.

Your waistline is your lifeline

In the land of God's and Monsters, I was an angel looking to get f-ked hard.

I was a prosecutor for many years, I'm a crime victim myself, and I've tried so many cases I don't even know how many anymore.

Look not thou on beauty's charming; Sit thou still when kings are arming; Taste not when the wine-cup glistens; Speak not when the people listens