But if they called everything divine which they do not understand, why, there would be no end of divine beings.

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.

If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.

There are many hypotheses in science which are wrong. That’s perfectly all right: it’s the aperture to finding out what’s right. Science is a self-correcting process.

Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.

And you are made of a hundred trillion cells. We are, each of us, a multitude.

The beauty of a living thing is not the atoms that go into it, but the way those atoms are put together.

A galaxy is composed of gas and dust and stars - billions upon billions of stars. Every star may be a sun to someone.

We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.

It is said that men may not be the dreams of the god, but rather that the gods are the dreams of men.

We are star stuff which has taken its destiny into its own hands.

Did I hurt your feelings again? Sorry. When this is all over I'll send some flowers to your inner child.

I'm so pathetically eager for people to love D.C. It's so sad. It's like I work for the chamber of commerce or something.

A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.

Boys, don't try to find a woman as wonderful as your mother to marry because if you do, you'll stay single your whole lives.

The fear of death comes from limited awareness.

Via money Europe could become political in five years

We do know that [Hillary Clinton] was probably attacked and smeared as much as any candidate ever has been. We know that.

We are about to be attacked by Al Qaeda. Wave flags if you have them. That always seems to scare them away. I'm kidding.

I want a trouble-maker for a lover, Blood spiller, blood drinker, a heart of flame, Who quarrels with the sky and fights with fate, Who burns like fire on the rushing sea.

Tis in ourselves that we are thus, or thus.