No matter what eyewitness testimony is in the court of law, it is the lowest form of evidence in the court of science.

Any astrophysicist does not feel small looking up at the universe; we feel large.

I knew my interest in the universe and I owned a telescope that I bought with money I earned by walking dogs. 50 cents per walk, per dog, and that accumulated quickly. I bought a camera, a telescope. I taught myself astrophotography. I did all this.

The history of exploration across nations and across time is not one where nations said, 'Let's explore because it's fun.' It was, 'Let's explore so that we can claim lands for our country, so that we can open up new trade routes; let's explore so we can become more powerful.'

There's no shortage of people that we can put on, because science touches us all.

Most of what Einstein said and did has no direct impact on what anybody reads in the Bible. Special relativity, his work in quantum mechanics, nobody even knows or cares. Where Einstein really affects the Bible is the fact that general relativity is the organizing principle for the Big Bang.

That's the point, to get the people who wouldn't otherwise think to eavesdrop on a conversation that involves science.