You could just as well say that an agnostic is a deeply religious person with at least a rudimentary knowledge of human fallibility.

Except for children (who don't know enough not to ask the important questions), few of us spendtime wondering why nature is the way it is . . .

In all our searching, the only thing we've found that makes the emptiness bearable is each other.

History is full of people who out of fear, or ignorance, or lust for power has destroyed knowledge of immeasurable value which truly belongs to us all. We must not let it happen again.

The fact is that far more crime and child abuse has been committed by zealots in the name of God, Jesus and Mohammed than has ever been committed in the name of Satan. Many people don’t like that statement, but few can argue with it.

There are no forbidden questions in science, no matters too sensitive or delicate to be probed, no sacred truths.

In the vastness of space and the immensity of time, it is my joy to share a planet and an epoch with Annie.