Everything not forbidden by the laws of nature, he assured her - quoting a colleague down the hall - is mandatory.

The universe is a pretty big place. If it's just us, seems like an awful waste of space.

Any faith that admires truth, that strives to know God, must be brave enough to accommodate the universe.

Perhaps the depth of love can be calibrated by the number of different selves that are actively involved in a given relationship.

Our God Is Alive and Well. Sorry About Yours.

Their position seems to be that their God is so great he doesn't even have to exist.

Black holes collect problems faster than they collect matter.

Advertising teaches people not to trust their judgment. Advertising teaches people to be stupid.

Put your soul in the palm of my hand for me to look at, like a crystal jewel. I'll sketch it in words...

Post-Modernism was a reaction against Modernism. It came quite early to music and literature, and a little later to architecture. And I think it's still coming to computer science.

I started to paint in the year 2000. I never thought of going to an art school, even though I loved art.

I have not yet begun to defile myself.

My whole family are hams. They're storytellers and everyone outdoes the next one.

At the beginning, all roads seem endless; but they are not!

Accident is simply unforeseen order.

Man is made for something better than disturbing dirt.

I don't get the point in a lot of biopics, they're boring. You know what's gonna happen. You're just watching actors show off.

Los Angeles is the nation's cultural scapegoat.