Never presume that just because you disagree with an idea that you must be correct.

When you're advancing a frontier it stimulates creativity to find solutions.

Some air you inhale was exhaled by Cleopatra.

We already know the limits of Einstein's theories. From the centers of black holes at the very beginning of the universe - we call these singularities - Einstein's equations fail. In fact, people have joked that's where God is dividing by zero.

When you're enlightened, you don't have to reference other people, because you yourself are enlightened. And that's a better Earth. People can make more informed decisions politically, culturally, personally.

If there's some kind of rock star status, would I be irresponsible if I didn't somehow use it for a continued greater good? I'm always involved in some way with reaching the public.

The more I learn about the universe, the less convinced I am that there's any sort of benevolent force that has anything to do with it, at all.