The universe has a much greater imagination than we do, which is why the real story of the universe is far more interesting than any of the fairy tales we have invented to describe it.

Religious leaders need to be held accountable for their ideas.

The illusion of purpose and design is perhaps the most pervasive illusion about nature that science has to confront on a daily basis.

The ultimate arbiter of truth is experiment, not the comfort one derives from one's a priori beliefs, nor the beauty or elegance one ascribes to one's theoretical models.

Nothing can create something all the time due to the laws of quantum mechanics, and it's - it's fascinatingly interesting.

Science is only truly consistent with an atheistic worldview with regards to the claimed miracles of the gods of Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

If our species is to survive, our future will probably require outposts beyond our own planet.