It'd be a shame to talk about the universe and not show some images of it, because we have some of the more stunning representations of our field relative to any of the sciences. But I don't use the imagery as a substitute for the insights and wisdom I can convey so that when you leave you say to yourself, "Wow, I'm a little more deeply connected to the universe, and I want to learn more."

Physics is the only profession in which prophecy is not only accurate but routine.

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

In America, there are people who don't read science fiction but still think about tomorrow, so it's not only the force of science-fiction that makes you a tomorrow thinker.

Only when creative people take ownership of cosmic discovery will society accept science as the cultural activity that it is.

Does the full moon affect people's behavior, you ask? Yup. It makes people think the full moon affects people's behavior.

If all that you see, do, measure and discover is the will of a deity, then ideas can never be proven wrong, you have no predictive power, and you are at a loss to understand the principles behind most of the fundamental interconnections of nature.