In all our searching, the only thing we've found that makes the emptiness bearable is each other. Votes: 1
Billions and billions. Votes: 0
Any sufficiently crisp question can be answered by a single binary digit-0 or 1, yes or no. Votes: 0
In the deepest sense the search for extraterrestrial intelligence is a search for ourselves. Votes: 0
For all our failings, despite our limitations and fallibilities, we humans are capable of greatness. Votes: 0
Not all birds can fly. What separates the flyers from the walkers is the ability to take off. Votes: 0
[Kepler] preferred the hard truth to his dearest illusions, and that is the heart of science. Votes: 0
The notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both. Votes: 0
Who will speak for Planet Earth? Votes: 0
If you want to save your child from polio, you can pray or you can inoculate....Try science. Votes: 0
At the extremes it is difficult to distinguish pseudoscience from rigid, doctrinaire religion. Votes: 0
To read is to voyage through time. Votes: 0
The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself. Votes: 0
We must understand the Cosmos as it is and not confuse how it is with how we wish it to be. Votes: 0
We make our purpose. Votes: 0
Advertising teaches people not to trust their judgment. Advertising teaches people to be stupid. Votes: 0
Human beings have a demonstrated talent for self-deception when their emotions are stirred. Votes: 0
We on Earth have just awakened to the great oceans of space and time from which we have emerged. Votes: 0
Atheism is very stupid. Votes: 0
Understanding is a kind of ecstasy Votes: 0
But nature is always more subtle, more intricate, more elegant than what we are able to imagine. Votes: 0
Except in pure mathematics, nothing is known for certain (although much is certainly false). Votes: 0
We are not smart enough to decide which pieces of knowledge are permissible and which are not. Votes: 0
Science is merely an extremely powerful method of winnowing what's true from what feels good. Votes: 0
Human history can be viewed as a slowly dawning awareness that we are members of a larger group. Votes: 0
Every star may be a sun to someone. Votes: 0
Not explaining science seems to me perverse. When you're in love, you want to tell the world. Votes: 0
The fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. Votes: 0
We are made of starstuff. Votes: 0
Nobody listens to mathematicians. Votes: 0
If we do not speak for Earth, who will? If we are not committed to our own survival, who will be? Votes: 0
First rule in government spending: Why build one, when you can have two at twice the price? Votes: 0
[One's] inability to invalidate your hypothesis is not at all the same thing as proving it true. Votes: 0
Real patriots ask questions. Votes: 0
Those who seek power at any price detect a societal weakness, a fear that they can ride into office. Votes: 0
We can always take but never give. Votes: 0
There are more potential combinations of DNA [physical forms] than there are atoms in the universe. Votes: 0
War is murder writ large. Votes: 0
Not all bits have equal value. Votes: 0
We are all made up of star stuff. Votes: 0
Valid criticism does you a favor. Votes: 0
The open road still softly calls... Votes: 0
But I could be wrong. Votes: 0
For a long time the human instinct to understand was thwarted by facile religious explanations. Votes: 0
What an astonishing thing a book is. Votes: 0
The simplest thought, like the concept of the number one, has an elaborate logical underpinning. Votes: 0
All colours are arbitrary. Votes: 0
We are all star stuff. Votes: 0