I can tell you about the universe, but she feels it; and when you feel the universe, it has a whole other meaning to you. Otherwise, you just put a Wiki page on camera. You can learn something, but it won't mean anything to you later on.

Doing what has never been done before is intellectually seductive, whether or not we deem it practical.

To the scientist, the universality of physical laws makes the cosmos a marvelously simple place. By comparison, human nature-the psychologist's domain-is infinitely more daunting.

I love being wrong because that means in that instant, I learned something new that day.

I have yet to see a successful prediction about the physical world that was inferred or extrapolated from the content of any religions document.

The chances that your tombstone will read 'Killed by Asteroid' are about the same as they'd be for 'Killed in Airplane Crash.'

Whether or not you can become great at something, you can always become better.