The universe gives birth to consciousness, and consciousness gives meaning to the universe.

Time is what prevents everything from happening at once.

In any field, find the strangest thing and then explore it.

Spacetime tells matter how to move; matter tells spacetime how to curve.

We live on an island surrounded by a sea of ignorance. As our island of knowledge grows, so does the shore of our ignorance.

We all know that the real reason universities have students is in order to educate the professors.

We are not only observers. We are participators. In some strange sense this is aparticipatory universe.

To hate is to study, to study is to understand, to understand is to appreciate, to appreciate is to love. So maybe I'll end up loving your theory.

No phenomenon is a real phenomenon until it is an observed phenomenon.

I like to think that someone will trace how the deepest thinking of India made its way to Greece and from there to the philosophy of our times

In order to more fully understand this reality, we must take into account other dimensions of a broader reality.

It was impossible, of course. But when did that ever stop any dreamer from dreaming.

While the law cannot force a person to be moral or tolerant, through the law we can demand respect and expect equality.

So far as physics is concerned, time's arrow is a property of entropy alone.

I have always believed that what brings us together is stronger than what pulls us apart.

Well, my wife, Cathy Gillespie, worked for Joe Barton, who was running for Congress in 1984.

I think when you get tired of something or someone annoys you, there's two things you can do. You can ignore it and keep going, or you can stand up and say stop.

Women like poetry. A soft word in their ears and they melt - a grease spot on the grass.

He who has ceased to pray has lost a great friendship.

Yes. My mother was and still is a Folk Singer. She was very involved in the political movements for Unions and Civil rights. She sang with Pete Seeger among others. My father was an Actor.