There’s no better guarantee of failure than convincing yourself that success is impossible, and therefore never even trying.

All too often, schools resemble museums, reflecting the past rather than shaping the future

I believe that consciousness is the way information feels when being processed.

In infinite space, even the most unlikely events must take place somewhere.

Our external physical reality is a mathematical structure.

In 2056, I think you'll be able to buy T-shirts on which are printed equations describing the unified laws of our universe.

If I get a parking ticket, there is always a parallel universe where I didn't. On the other hand, there is yet another universe where my car was stolen.

For me, [John Wheeler] was the last Titan, the only physics superhero still standing.

The hallmark of a deep explanation is that it answers more than you ask

If life were a movie, physical reality would be the entire DVD: Future and past frames exist just as much as the present one.

If our 14 billion year cosmic history were scaled to 1 year, then 100, 000 years of human history would be 4 minutes, and a 100 year life would be 0.2 seconds.

When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend

I must confess that most modern mysticism seems to me to be simply a method of imparting useless knowledge in a form that no one can understand

Poetry can be the bridge, the crossover point in the mind between the physical and the spiritual. A place where the two can meet.

Each night I lie down in a graveyard of memories. Moonlight spins a shroud about me.

I like to remind myself, as a parent, that God holds me responsible to, not for, my children!

The main thing Karate offers to me is a philosophy of life. The philosophy of Karate is respect and discipline. You give 100% of whatever you do, in every activity.

Aliens might be surprised to learn that in a cosmos with limitless starlight, humans kill for energy sources buried in the sand

I like having associations with locations beyond their meaning for the specific movie.

I would like to be invisible because I'd love to go into people's houses and see their interior decorating.

I'm not sure if you're the person for me any more.