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

I would rather be right than rigorous.

Do you believe in first love - or should I pass by again?

It's clearly possible for a something to acquire higher intelligence than its ancestors: we evolved to be smarter than our ape-like ancestors, and Einstein was smarter than his parents.

Government works best under the glare of public scrutiny. Absent such scrutiny, abuses occur.

If we ever do find a complete theory of the universe, it would be a great triumph of human reason but it wouldn't leave much for us to do. We need an intellectual challenge.

We each exist for but a short time, and in that time explore but a small part of the whole universe