It would be wonderful if ideas could be the new rock 'n roll

Deeper understanding confers that most precious thing - wonder.

When we look out into space, we are looking into our own origins, because we are truly children of the stars.

In science, there are no universal truths, just views of the world that have yet to be shown to be false.

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.

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.

An explorer of the universe is sexier than a musician.