Some of the most wonderful aspects and consequences of evolution have been discovered only recently. This is in stark contrast to creationism, which offers a static view of the world, one that cannot be challenged or tested with reason. And because it cannot make predictions, it cannot lead to new discoveries, new medicines, or new ways to feed all of us.

If the Earth gets hit by an asteroid, it's game over. It's control-alt-delete for civilization.

I'll admit that the discovery of evolution is humbling, but it is also empowering. It transforms our relationship to the life around us. Instead of being outsiders watching the natural world go by, we are insiders. We are part of the process; we are the exquisite result of billions of years of natural research and development.

SCIENCE is a part of EVERYONE'S everyday life.

Intuitively you want some place [such as your phone] to store phone numbers, so you have that part of your brain to do other tasks.

You stop planetary exploration, those people who do that extraordinary work are going to have to go do something else.

I meet so many people who are intimidated by arithmetic.