Issuing an insurance policy against abduction by aliens seems a pretty safe bet.

I believe in the possible. I believe, small though we are, insignificant though we may be, we can reach a full understanding of the universe. You were right when you said you felt small, looking up at all that up there. We are very, very small, but we are profoundly capable of very, very big things.

Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it.

The initial configuration of the universe may have been chosen by God, or it may itself have been determined by the laws of science. In either case, it would seem that everything in the universe would then be determined by evolution according to the laws of science, so it is difficult to see how we can be masters of our fate.

The media need superheroes in science just as in every sphere of life, but there is really a continuous range of abilities with no clear dividing line.

If I have questions about the universe on my mind when I go to bed, I can't turn off. I dream equations all night.

I don't believe that the ultimate theory will come by steady work along existing lines. We need something new. We can't predict what that will be or when we will find it because if we knew that, we would have found it already!