We have the media, which is such a waste in the sense that you can actually feel your IQ get lower as you watch TV.

A hydrogen bomb, for me, was puny compared to the Big Bang - the creation of the universe. That's what I really wanted to work on - the nature of the universe itself, and that's what I do for a living.

When we're born, we want to know why the stars shine. We want to know why the sun rises.

I often think that we are like the carp swimming contentedly in that pond. We live out our lives in our own "pond," confident that our universe consists of only the familiar and the visible. We smugly refuse to admit that parallel universes or dimensions can exist next to ours, just beyond our grasp. If our scientists invent concepts like forces, it is only because they cannot visualize the invisible vibrations that fill the empty space around us. Some scientists sneer at the mention of higher dimensions because they cannot be conveniently measured in the laboratory.

There are dangers, but only dangers if people don't understand where technology is taking us.

My point is, no one can stop the Internet. No one can stop that march. It doesn't mean that it's going to be smooth, though.

I have nothing against investment banking, but it's like massaging money rather than creating money.