"One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. Three, if you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don't throw it away."
"I think computer viruses should count as life ... I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image."
"I regard the afterlife to be a fairy story for people that are afraid of the dark"
"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."
"Keeping an active mind has been vital to my survival, as has been maintaining a sense of humor."
"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."