It seemed like my favourite kind of job - a wonderful chance to ask something absolutely fundamental: the fate of the Universe and whether the Universe was infinite or not

There are still so many questions to answer. When you look at any part of the universe, you have to feel humbled.

Your job as a scientist is to figure out how you're fooling yourself.

From our point of view, the most exciting thing would be if we discovered something really fundamental in our understanding was just off a bit - and that now we have a chance to revisit it

So it's possible that someday, by understanding a little bit more about how the world works, it will come back to help us in some other way that will be surprising

Astronomers ought to be able to ask fundamental questions without accelerators

I was one of those kids who always thought that we should know how the world works around us

Nobody really expects a Nobel Prize call

Probably the single most important thing about the Nobel Prize for most people is whether they get the coveted parking space on campus.

It is a tough choice between ending up in the cold or ending up in a fiery blast.

We have a remarkably complete picture in many ways - and it could be that we're not accounting for something that's almost three-quarters of the entire universe

It is as though the human race is always only waiting for permission to hate.

People are more likely to remember the great social interaction they had with a colleague than the great meeting they both attended.

A comedian is a fellow who finds other comedians too humorous to mention.

People are under the assumption that the kundalini just flows from the base of the spine up. That's not the case at all. Kundalini also flows downward.

It is only by loving a thing that you can make it yours.

If we were to all sit in a circle and confess our sins, we would laugh at each other for lack of originality.

A man who fears nothing is a man who loves nothing; and if you love nothing, what joy is there in your life?

Self-confidence should be applied to wholesome actions, Overcoming of delusions and my ability to overcome them. Thinking, 'I alone shall do it' Is the self-confidence of action.

It's harder to write two people happy and in love than two people fighting and driving each other crazy.

You can't take people's opinions personally. Usually what people say about it is a reflection of them own issues.