As finite creatures who think and feel, we can create islands of meaning in the sea of information.

The thing that makes me most optimistic is China and India - both of them doing well.

If it should turn out that the whole of physical reality can be described by a finite set of equations, I would be disappointed, I would feel that the Creator had been uncharacteristically lacking in imagination.

Computer models of the climate....[are] a very dubious business if you don't have good inputs.

Successful technologies often begin as hobbies. Jacques Cousteau invented scuba diving because he enjoyed exploring caves. The Wright brothers invented flying as a relief from the monotony of their normal business of selling and repairing bicycles.

That's the beautiful thing about science - that it's all about things we don't understand, not just the things we do understand.

Lucky individuals in each generation find technology appropriate to their needs.