I like seeing how people have succeeded when others would have presumed they would have failed, and others just go along with whatever everyone else does.

One of the things that fascinates me most is when people are so charmed by the universe that it becomes part of their artistic output.

Plenty of people get excited about the universe.

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

I always wanted to be respected for my mind.

Today secular philosophers call that kind of divine invocation God of the gaps-which comes in handy, because there has never been a shortage of gaps in people's knowledge.

Some claim evolution is just a theory. As if it were merely an opinion. The theory of evolution, like the theory of gravity, is a scientific fact. Evolution really happened. Accepting our kinship with all life on Earth is not only solid science. In my view, it’s also a soaring spiritual experience.