Science is basically an inoculation against charlatans.

The miniaturization of electronics, which ultimately was driven by the marketplace, was started by NASA, because it costs money to get something into orbit. So you want to trim your electronics, miniaturize your electronics, miniaturize your satellites.

What would aliens say when told earthlings shift clocks twice a year to fool themselves into thinking there's more sunlight?

We are part of this universe; we are in this universe, but perhaps more important than both of those facts, is that the universe is in us.

When you innovate, the jobs can't go overseas because other countries haven't figured out how to do it yet.

People think about life from day-to-day rather than thinking about life as something that invents a new kind of tomorrow.

UFO (Unidentified Flying Object)sightings are not higher among amateur astronomers than they are in the general public. In fact, they're lower. You say, why is that so? Well, because we know what the hell we're looking at!