We became astronomers thinking we were studying the universe, and now we learn that we are just studying the 5 or 10 percent that is luminous.

Science progresses best when observations force us to alter our preconceptions.

Science is competitive, aggressive, demanding. It is also imaginative, inspiring, uplifting.

No observational problem will not be solved by more data.

I guess to me religion is a kind of moral code.

Three of my children married Jewish people. One did not and that marriage didn't last more than half a dozen years or so. The others are still very close.

I decided I needed to give up something, so I gave up teaching.

Religion is not the most important thing.

It's certainly true that most of my close friends are Jewish.

Hopelessness is the catalyst that inspires men to action and demand justice.

Stars are like animals in the wild. We may see the young but never the actual birth, which is a veiled and secret event.

We win by tenderness. We conquer by forgiveness.

The nectar of life is sweet only when shared with others.

I got really excited about Beyoncé, but it was Beyoncé. I think I was more in awe of how pleasant she is.

Yeah, I'm a fan of the Blue Jays. It's hard. My sports interest has definitely decreased since we've been on the road. It's really hard to follow.

TLC should stand for Toddlers, Lunatics, and Cake.

If one would cancel all traffic rules and switch off all traffic lights, watching city traffic on TV would be also awfully interesting!

In a mathematical proposition, for example, the objectivity is given, but therefore its truth is also an indifferent truth.

A Poem does not grow by jerks. As trees in Spring produce a new ring of tissue, so does every poet put forth a fresh outlay of stuff at the same season.