If the only time you think of me as a scientist is during Black History Month, then I must not be doing my job as a scientist.

Dreams about the future are always filled with gadgets.

Claiming there is no other life in the universe is like scooping up some water, looking at the cup and claiming there are no whales in the ocean.

Knowing how to think empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.

Need a distraction today? Not only does 12 + 1 = 11 + 2, but the letters "twelve plus one" rearrange to give you "eleven plus two."

We are part of this universe; we are in this universe, but perhaps more important than both of those facts, is that the universe is in us.

The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.

Today, scientists sound the alarm on other environmental dangers. Vested interests still hire their own scientists to confuse the issue. But in the end, nature, will not be fooled.

If you're really successful at bullshitting, it means you're not hanging around enough people smarter than you.

We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically.

Santa knows Physics: Of all colors, Red Light penetrates fog best. That's why Benny the Blue-nosed reindeer never got the gig.

If we like a person, all his attributes will manifest within us. If we like a pickpocket, even his attributes will manifest within us.

There are some people, she says, not many, who have within them the power to change things. The courage to act in the service of somethin greater than themselves.

For an artist, a good place to be is you have some kind of influence and power to get things done, but in your essence you remain a nomad or a soldier facing a difficulty to be overcome.

Whither depart the souls of the brave that die in the battle, Die in the lost, lost fight, for the cause that perishes with them?

A blunder at the right moment is better than cleverness at the wrong time.

If you've never wept and want to, have a child.

Margaret Thatcher was the first political leader in any major country to warn of the dangers of climate change

I needed to understand this random bad bit of luck as part of a bigger design. Otherwise I was suffering meaninglessly. This made the suffering a lot worse.

To make peace, our hearts must be at peace with the world.

Sorrow is a stone that crushes a single bearer to the ground, while two are able to carry it with ease.