People are interested in science, but they don't always know they're interested in science, and so I try to find a way to get them interested.

Forget Jesus. The stars died so that you could be here today.

The one experience that I hope every student has at some point in their lives is to have some belief you profoundly, deeply hold, proved to be wrong because that is the most eye-opening experience you can have, and as a scientist, to me, is the most exciting experience I can ever have.

We live at a very special time . . . the only time when we can observationally verify that we live at a very special time!

At the heart of quantum mechanics is a rule that sometimes governs politicians or CEOs-as long as no one is watching, anything goes.

The amazing thing is that every atom in your body came from a star that exploded.

The universe does not care what we want.