“Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.”

The idea that we are alone in the universe seems to me completely implausible and arrogant, considering the number of planets and stars that we know exist, it’s extremely unlikely that we are the only form of evolved life.

Disability need not be an obstacle to success.

You cannot understand the glories of the universe without believing there is some Supreme Power behind it.

The laws of science do not distinguish between the past and the future.

Go the extra mile. It makes your boss look like an incompetent slacker.

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.

People won’t have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.

If the government is covering up knowledge of aliens, they are doing a better job of it than they do at anything else.

We waste time, so you don’t have to.

The fact that no one understands you doesn’t mean you’re an artist.

It is very important for young people keep their sense of wonder and keep asking why.

One cannot really argue with a mathematical theorem.

If at first you don’t succeed, try management.

However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.

Women. They are a complete mystery.

Plagiarism saves time.

I can’t point to any major episodes of sexual discrimination in my early life. But I was so aware of the crime, the shame that there was no use of my mother’s ability and energy.

I understood somehow my mother’s frustration. And that it was no good not only for her, but for her children or her husband, that she didn’t have a real use of her ability.

Cancer can take away all of my physical abilities. It cannot touch my mind, it cannot touch my heart, and it cannot touch my soul.

Now my ability to notice things and respond to things and be here is far more profound. With that comes happiness, with it comes sadness, but it’s a beautiful life.

The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.

On the onside, first there is God, then Sourav Ganguly.

Every actor has a strength, and sometimes you just respond to things that you see yourself better at. I’m aware of what I can and can’t do.

As an actor, you people-watch, you observe. And the more famous you become, the sad thing is you lose the ability to do that. Instead of people-watching, you become the focus of attention.