“Somehow it’s O.K. for people to chuckle about not being good at math. Yet if I said, ‘I never learned to read,’ they’d say I was an illiterate dolt.”

I love being wrong because that means in that instant, I learned something new that day.

Science is a way of equipping yourself with the tools to interpret what happens in front of you.

When we try to look farther into the universe we come to what appears to be the end of space but actually it’s the beginning of time.

Knowledge of the natural world and how it works should be counted as fundamental to informed governance. You can’t have a functioning democracy, if the electorate is under-informed or, worse, mis-informed.

There’s a saying in the scientific community, that every great truth goes through three phases. First, people deny it. Second, they say that it conflicts with the Bible. Third, they say that they’ve known it all along.

To be scientifically literate is to empower yourself to know when someone else is full of bullshit.

It’s better to understand something than to memorize something.

I wonder if, in fact, we have been observed by aliens and upon close examination of human conduct and human behavior they have concluded that there is no sign of intelligent life on Earth.

I think the best thing a parent can do, when raising a child, is simply get out of their way.

Everyone should have their mind blown once a day.

After 50 years of television, there’s no other conclusion the aliens could draw, but that most humans are neurotic, death-hungry, dysfunctional idiots.

Practically every food you buy in a store for consumption by humans is genetically modified food. There are no wild, seedless watermelons. There’s no wild cows.

When scientifically investigating the natural world, the only thing worse than a blind believer is a seeing denier.

We are part of this universe; we are in this universe, but perhaps more important than both of those facts, is that the universe is in us.

We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically.

If you’re really successful at bullshitting, it means you’re not hanging around enough people smarter than you.

Invest in good things, it will return you happiness.

I’ve long believed that good food, good eating, is all about risk.

People who spread happiness in your bad days are worthy of your good days.

In art, it is hard to say anything as good as saying nothing.

The heaviness of world can often feel like we’re living in black and white, sometimes all we need is a splash of color to remind us of the good in life.

Knowledge wins over ignorance. What about being happy? You naturally see what’s wrong first than to appreciate good things.

Through it, all smile and try to enjoy life through the good times and bad.

Not every day is a good day, live anyway.