Because there is a law such as gravity, the Universe can and will create itself from nothing.

Eternity is a long time, especially towards the end.

Only a very few would allow creatures like us to exist. Thus our presence selects out from this vast array only those universes that are compatible with our existence. Although we are puny and insignificant on the scale of the cosmos, this makes us in a sense the lords of creation.

The downside of my celebrity is that I cannot go anywhere in the world without being recognized. It is not enough for me to wear dark sunglasses and a wig. The wheelchair gives me away.

Although I cannot move, and I have to speak through a computer, in my mind, I am free.

To boldly go where no one has gone before

To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.