Ask courageous questions. Do not be satisfied with superficial answers.

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.

The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.

I don't want to believe. I want to know.

The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence.

The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.

We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.

For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.

You have to know the past to understand the present.

The mind is the laboratory where products, both fake and genuine are manufactured. People grow wild weeds, others grow flourishing flowers!

I think that everybody needs somebody to really look up to and know that even though you're going through a tough time, you'll get over it.

I met Patti LuPone and Elaine Paige in a party. I didnt speak too much with Patti, but she was lovely with me.

But what I really believe is education is a key to pretty much everything - prosperity, economics, peace, stability.

I think it's a style of acting that you trust. You trust the instincts.

Lancaster, California ... that promised land sometimes called 'the west coast of Iowa.

To marry is the biggest risk in human relations that a person can take.

O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.

Certainty is an unrealistic and unattainable ideal

Food is an important part, not just in our physical well-being, but in our psychological well-being.