The Venus transit is not a spectacle the way a total solar eclipse is a spectacle.

People like it when they understand something that they previously thought they couldn't understand. It's a sense of empowerment.

The universe's destiny has very little to do with the near-term destiny of Earth.

I'm a fan of the planets in any combination. When I was born, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, the Sun, and the Moon were all in the sky.

I've known from long ago that the universe was calling me. If you were one of those annoying adults that said, 'Oh, what are you gonna be when you grow up?' I would say, 'Astrophysicist .' And then they'd walk away real quickly.

If your belief system is not founded in an objective reality, you should not be making decisions that affect other people.

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