When we look out into space, we are looking into our own origins, because we are truly children of the stars.

We are the cosmos made conscious and life is the means by which the universe understands itself.

You dig deeper and it gets more and more complicated, and you get confused, and it's tricky and it's hard, but... It is beautiful.

Science is different to all other systems of thought because you dont need faith in it, you can check that it works.

Science is about exploring, and the only way to uncover the secrets of the universe is to go and look.

Every carbon atom in every living thing on the planet was produced in the heart of a dying star.

In science, there are no universal truths, just views of the world that have yet to be shown to be false.

An explorer of the universe is sexier than a musician.

Skepticism must go hand in hand with rationality. When theories are shown to be false, the correct thing to do is to move on.

Deeper understanding confers that most precious thing - wonder.

When you fall into a black hole you will be literally spaghettified.

Within these strangely specific conditions, everything is perfect. We are perfect.

I let no man drag me down so low as to make me hate him.

Shakespeare's fault is not the greatest into which a poet may fall. It merely indicates a deficiency of taste.

No aspect of our contemporary lives has been untouched by women's work.

I fear nothing and I regret less.

Redistricting is one of the purest actions a legislative body can take.

If Carl Hiaasen and Donald Westlake had a literary love child, he would be Timothy Hallinan.

Don't think about what you've left behind.

To me, strategy means trying to overcome your limitations and your weak points. To do that, I try to enhance and leverage my strong points.

Some people do need to be held to account because some of the conduct is so widely at odds with our values. But making an example out of a few people would be a disservice.