"The universe is a beautiful and complex place, and we are lucky to be a part of it."

"The universe is a place of endless possibilities, and we are just beginning to explore them."

"The whole history of science has been the gradual realization that events do not happen in an arbitrary manner, but that they reflect an underlying order, which may or may not be divinely inspired."

"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."

"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."