You may see a cup of tea fall off a table and break into pieces on the floor... But you will never see the cup gather itself back together and jump back on the table. The increase of disorder, or entropy, is what distinguishes the past from the future, giving a direction to time.

I have to speak through a computer... in my mind, I am free. Free to explore the universe and ask the big questions...

I've noticed that even people who believe in fate look both ways before crossing the street.

People won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.

What I meant by 'we would know the mind of God' is, we would know everything that God would know, if there were a God. Which there isn't. I'm an atheist.

Simplicity is a matter of taste

No one undertakes research in physics with the intention of winning a prize. It is the joy of discovering something no one knew before.