"If you are scientifically literate, the world looks very different to you, and that understanding empowers you."

"We spend the first year of a child's life teaching it to walk and talk and the rest of its life to shut up and sit down."

"I've never been able to get into science fiction as much as I'd like, because I find that most of it breaks the laws of physics."

"The more you know about the universe, the less you can believe in God."

"I'm glad to be alive to see the universe unfold."