No one is saying you're possessed by the devil anymore except the most ignorant of people in modern culture.

Curiosity is a self-driven motivation to explore and to learn. Learning is like... you know, you have to take your medicine. And that is what it has become. And that's unfortunate.

'Boldly going where hundreds have gone before' does not make headlines.

It's progress I think, that science has joined philosophy, metaphysics & religion as subjects drunk people argue about in bars.

I bought it, I read it, and I heeded its advice. I remain unabducted.

But to carve the Grand Canyon, Earth required millions of years. To excavate Meteor Crater, the universe, using a sixty-thousand-ton asteroid traveling upward of twenty miles per second, required a fraction of a second. No offense to Grand Canyon lovers, but for my money, Meteor Crater is the most amazing natural landmark in the world.

The universe is hilarious! Like, Venus is 900 degrees. I could tell you it melts lead. But that's not as fun as saying, 'You can cook a pizza on the windowsill in nine seconds.' And next time my fans eat pizza, they're thinking of Venus!