You might expect gravity would slow it down, but it's just expanding faster and faster

There are still so many questions to answer. When you look at any part of the universe, you have to feel humbled.

Your job as a scientist is to figure out how you're fooling yourself.

It seemed like my favourite kind of job - a wonderful chance to ask something absolutely fundamental: the fate of the Universe and whether the Universe was infinite or not

From our point of view, the most exciting thing would be if we discovered something really fundamental in our understanding was just off a bit - and that now we have a chance to revisit it

So it's possible that someday, by understanding a little bit more about how the world works, it will come back to help us in some other way that will be surprising

Astronomers ought to be able to ask fundamental questions without accelerators

I was one of those kids who always thought that we should know how the world works around us

Nobody really expects a Nobel Prize call

Probably the single most important thing about the Nobel Prize for most people is whether they get the coveted parking space on campus.

It is a tough choice between ending up in the cold or ending up in a fiery blast.

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.

Feminism has had exactly the same problem that "political correctness" has had: people keep using the phrase without really knowing what it means.

Do you think we find Jesus, or does He find us?

Oh, I'm starting to cry again. That's what happens when you think about life being fair. And I can't explain why it isn't . . . I don't think it's something anybody knows.

If you want to be treated like a queen then start acting like one. No arrogance or games. Be humble, graceful, kind & loving.

I can't relate to these haters, my enemies never made it.

When you have no experience of pain, it is rather hard to experience joy.

See the brotherhood of all mankind as the highest order of Yogis; conquer your own mind, and conquer the world.

I went from being totally unknown to getting stopped every time I went out. I always wanted to be successful, but I have never wanted to become a celebrity. I never, ever, craved that.

Half-truths are the devil's IOUs.