How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, “This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant?

Atoms are mainly empty space. Matter is composed chiefly of nothing.

On the day that we do discover that we are not alone, our society may begin to evolve and transform in some incredible and wondrous new ways.

It does no harm to the romance of the sunset to know a little bit about it.

We wish to find the truth, no matter where it lies. But to find the truth we need imagination and skepticism both. We will not be afraid to speculate, but we will be careful to distinguish speculation from fact.

It seems madness to say, 'We're worried that they're going to become addicted to marijuana' -- there's no evidence whatever that it's an addictive drug, but even if it were, these people are dying, what are we saving them from?

Nothing disturbs me more than the glorification of stupidity.