We make our purpose.

Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.

If we are merely matter intricately assembled, is this really demeaning? If there's nothing here but atoms, does that make us less or does that make matter more?

I think the discomfort that some people feel in going to the monkey cages at the zoo is a warning sign.

I would suggest that science is, at least in my part, informed worship.

It goes with a courageous intent to greet the universe as it really is, not to foist our emotional predispositions on it but to courageously accept what our explorations tell us.

Science is only a Latin word for knowledge

I miss you.I miss you. I miss you, I miss you.Be ready, because when I see you, I'll never let you go again.

If you want a nation to have space exploration ambitions, you've got to send humans.

Appreciate the power of rumor, often malicious, no matter how preposterous, within the local populations you are seeking to help.

When you're a mid-list writer, it pays to write fast.

We can't have a freedom struggle without free choice.

There are a lot of great young actors coming out of England who have maybe not gone to drama school, but I wish I had.

I said you were a man of peace. I want you to know I took immense crap for that.

If I were to look in you ferigerator....refridgefreetorator...fridge....what would I find?

You have to understand, I can't do any jokes about Ross Perot, because the last thing I need right now is another credit check.

It's funny, I can see the science in how music is made with other artists, but it's hard for me to dissect my own thing.