I believe that science is the engine of prosperity, that if you look around at the wealth of civilization today, it's the wealth that comes from science.

All kids are born geniuses, but are crushed by society.

What is the universe? The universe is a symphony of vibrating strings...we are nothing but melodies. We are nothing but cosmic music played out on vibrating strings and membranes.

The human brain has 100 billion neurons, each neuron connected to 10 thousand other neurons. Sitting on your shoulders is the most complicated object in the known universe.

If you could meet your grandkids as elderly citizens in the year 2100 … you would view them as being, basically, Greek gods… that's where we're headed.

It's pointless to have a nice clean desk, because it means you're not doing anything.

Music is the voice of God traveling through ten-dimensional hyperspace.

What do oil company executives, vampires and NASA bureaucrats all have in common? They fear solar energy.

Common sense has no place in Quantum Mechanics.

I believe we exist in a multiverse of universes.

We have the media, which is such a waste in the sense that you can actually feel your IQ get lower as you watch TV.

You can Save Time with Writing but you can Save a Life by Reading.

Dreaming is escaping. Daydreaming is a form of self protection. Dissociation is Survival

Not only do unemployment benefits help families who are hurting they also put money into their pockets that they'll then spend - and their spending will keep other Americans in jobs.

Anything that's slightly dangerous and gets the heart rate going is my kind of workout.

The influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished.

It's not so important who starts the game but who finishes it.

Call me communist, but I think that's something that everyone, regardless of their family's income, has a right to, and I was fortunate enough to have a mother who felt that way as well.

I wanted to invent an engine that could run for ever. I could have developed a new train, had I stayed in the railway. It would have looked like the AK-47 though.

I sure tried to help deliver compromise, consensus, bipartisanship.

Saying you are a patriot does not make you one; wearing a flag pin does not in itself mean anything at all.