"My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since then has been a bonus."[The Science of Second-Guessing (New York Times Magazine Interview, December 12, 2004)]"
"why are we here?where do we come from?traditionally,these are questionsfor philosophy,but philosophy is dead"
"We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special."
"There is a fundamental difference between religion, which is based on authority, and science, which is based on observation and reason. Science will win because it works."
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."
"Life would be tragic if it weren't funny."