For, after all, in science one achieves the greatest impact (and often the greatest headlines) not by going along with the herd, but by bucking against it.

For many, to live in a universe that may have no purpose, and no creator, is unthinkable.

Organized religion, wielding power over the community, is antithetical to the process of what modern democracy should define as liberty. The sooner we are without it, the better.

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

The universe does not care what we want.

Empirical explorations ultimately change our understanding of which questions are important and fruitful and which are not.

In 5 billion years, the expansion of the universe will have progressed to the point where all other galaxies will have receded beyond detection.