A tiny blue dot set in a sunbeam. Here it is. That's where we live. That's home. We humans are one species and this is our world. It is our responsibility to cherish it. Of all the worlds in our solar system, the only one so far as we know, graced by life.

One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time.

We live on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam

Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.

The words "question" and "quest" are cognates. Only through inquiry can we discover truth.

I set before you two ways: You can use your technology to destroy yourselves or to carry you to the planets and the stars. It's up to you.

I believe that the extraordinary should be pursued. But extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.