"Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change."

"Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious."

"I want to know why the universe exists, why there is something rather than nothing."

"Meeting an advanced civilization could be like Native Americans encountering Columbus. That didn't turn out so well."

"We are all connected to the universe, and the universe is connected to us."