Science is about exploring, and the only way to uncover the secrets of the universe is to go and look.

You dig deeper and it gets more and more complicated, and you get confused, and it's tricky and it's hard, but... It is beautiful.

Every carbon atom in every living thing on the planet was produced in the heart of a dying star.

We explore because we are curious, not because we wish to develop grand views of reality or better widgets.

Don't undermine the science just because you don't like the economics. That's a dangerous slope, because the problem of course is you're not undermining just that, you're undermining the basis of rational decision-making in society.

If people don’t have an understanding of what science is and what scientists do, then they can tend to think that global warming, for example, is just a matter of opinion.

Deeper understanding confers that most precious thing - wonder.