"One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we've been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We're no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle…"

"The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pie were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff."

"We are star stuff which has taken its destiny into its own hands."

"Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it, we go nowhere."

"The price of skepticism is that you are occasionally fooled. The price of credulity is that you are often fooled."