It would be very difficult to explain why the universe should have begun in just this way, except as the act of a God who intended to create beings like us.

Many people do not like the idea that time has a beginning, probably because it smacks of divine intervention. (The Catholic Church, on the other hand, seized on the big bang model and in 1951 officially pronounced it to be in accordance with the Bible.

Science is not only a disciple of reason but, also, one of romance and passion.

I thought Eddie Redmayne portrayed me very well... At times I thought he was me.

Some individuals are better able than others to draw the right conclusions about the world about them and act accordingly. These individuals will be more likely to survive and reproduce so their pattern of behaviour and thought will become dominant

The Simpsons is the best thing on American television.

I think computer viruses should count as life ... I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image.