The telescope... is a conduit to the cosmos.

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.

My view is that if your philosophy is not unsettled daily then you are blind to all the universe has to offer.

The typical person has no trouble believing without knowing. What people need to realize is simply that you do not need to believe to know.

America 2012: The Learning Channel has HoneyBooBoo, History Channel has PawnStars: and the Science Channel has PumpkinChunkin

Deep in the world of atomic nuclei, life is not always tranquil.

I try to write in a way where you care deeply what the next paragraph will be. I hear the rhythm of prose and that, to me, distinguishes great writing from ordinary writing. By the way, I don't even claim that I'm good. I claim that I value it.