It’s dead obvious that creationism isn’t science, or even bad science. It’s nonsense. But I’ve long stated it’s also bad religion, because it doesn’t just take faith, it also takes a phenomenal disregard of reality.

They say that even the brightest star won't shine forever. But in fact, the brightest star would live the shortest amount of time. Feel free to extract whatever life lesson you want from that.

Humanity and life are reflected in the stars, and the Universe itself is poetry.

Teach a man to reason and he will think for a lifetime.

The difference between the dinosaurs and us is that we have a space program and we can vote...

How do you convince someone they're not thinking clearly, when they're not thinking clearly? What we're actually saying is no magic, no afterlife, no higher moral authoritative father-figure, no security, and no happy ever after. This is a tough sell.

Not everything that’s cool is science, but everything in science is cool.