If the purpose of the universe was to create humans then the cosmos was embarrassingly inefficient about it.

The tenacity of life is mind-boggling. We keep finding it where no one thought it could be.

If you're interested in something, that's all that matters. You'll spend more time doing it, that than anything else, and possibly more time doing it than anybody else.

I see myself in pop culture. I listen to pop music, I do pop things, and I'm also a scientist.

I have yet to see a successful prediction about the physical world that was inferred or extrapolated from the content of any religions document.

The methods and tools of science perennially breach barriers, granting me confidence that our epic march of insight into the operations of nature will continue without end.

I can tell you about the universe, but she feels it; and when you feel the universe, it has a whole other meaning to you. Otherwise, you just put a Wiki page on camera. You can learn something, but it won't mean anything to you later on.