Scientific literacy is an intellectual vaccine against the claims of charlatans who would exploit ignorance.

Many people feel small because they're small and the universe is big, but I feel big.

I don't want to make a member of Congress do something that that member of Congress's constituents would not approve of, or would not agree to. So in that regard, I'm kind of the opposite of a lobbyist.

I look up at the night sky, and I know that, yes, 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 I reflect on that fact, I look up — many people feel small, because they’re small and the Universe is big, but I feel big, because my atoms came from those stars.

But to measure cause and effect... you must ensure that a simple correlation, however tempting it may be, is not mistaken for a cause. In the 1990s the stork population of Germany increased and the German at-home birth rate rose as well. Shall we credit storks for airlifting the babies?

For the film to 'earn' the right to be criticized on a scientific level is a high compliment indeed.

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.