If all people are free, all are equal. If they are equal, they are just.
Your job as a scientist is to figure out how you're fooling yourself.
There are still so many questions to answer. When you look at any part of the universe, you have to feel humbled
It's an unusual opportunity, a chance for so many people to share in the excitement and the fun of the fact that we may be on to hints as to what the Universe is made out of. I guess the whole point of a prize like this is to be able to get that out into the community
Astronomers ought to be able to ask fundamental questions without accelerators
I was one of those kids who always thought that we should know how the world works around us
You want your mind to be boggled. That is a pleasure in and of itself. And it's more a pleasure if it's boggled by something that you can then demonstrate is really, really true
One of my friends continued to ask me when was I going to start the group. One particular time she asked me, someone else asked the same thing later on in the week. I believe that was definitely the Lord speaking and prompting me to start it.
I always want my players to show class, knock'em down, pat on the back, and run back to the huddle.
We give the podium to a lot of people who shouldn't have the podium. The message that's delivered the loudest and in the most entertaining way is the one that we're going to put on because that's what we want. We want ratings more than we want to deliver information. That's just where the culture's gotten.
Imitation is the highest form of flattery, but clones kind of get it wrong because we are promoting individuality and being proud of being yourself.