Quotes from Phil Plait

I'm tired of ignorance held up as inspiration, where vicious anti-intellectualism is considered a positive trait, and where uninformed opinion is displayed as fact.

Humanity and life are reflected in the stars, and the Universe itself is poetry.

I'm tired of ignorance held up as inspiration, where vicious anti-intellectualism is considered a positive trait, and where uninformed opinion is displayed as fact.

However, science isn't just about showing when you're right; it's also about showing when you're wrong.

I still hear some people say that science takes the wonder out of life. Those people are utterly wrong. Science takes us to the wonder

Welcome to science. You're gonna like it here.

Some people try to tell me that science will never answer the big questions we have in life. To them I say: baloney! The real problem is your questions aren't big enough.

Sometimes, even by accident, the universe makes beauty, and we can stand back in awe of it. Even better - we can figure out why. Science! I love this stuff.

They say that even the brightest star won't shine forever. But in fact, the brightest star would live the shortest amount of time. Feel free to extract whatever life lesson you want from that.

Teach a man to reason and he will think for a lifetime.