We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever.

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.

The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.

I don't want to believe. I want to know.

The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence.

The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.

We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.

For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.

You have to know the past to understand the present.

Most people on earth are just spending time at work, in school or in church without having anything of value to show for it.

I built my home in the feeling of waking up at dawn in a new city, where every road is the right road because there is no ordinary. Everything is as profound as you make it.

We'd all like a reputation for generosity and we'd all like to buy it cheap.

And you, you ridiculous people, you expect me to help you.

If the mother had not beene in the oven, shee had never sought her daughter there.

No matter what you do, your grandmother thinks it's wonderful.

If you're famous enough, the rules don't apply.

Sickness and disease will be a part of life of this planet until Jesus comes back.

I wanted to be Katharine Hepburn-ish - there was a bit of nobility about her.

I try to get roles that challenge me in what I can do and who I think I can portray. For me, it's about creating characters with really fascinating stories, because that's what I like to watch on TV.