“One of the tragedies of our educational system is that we've taken thi...” — Sean M. Carroll Quote

“One of the tragedies of our educational system is that we've taken this incredibly interesting subject - how the universe works - and made it boring.”

“I'm trying to understand cosmology, why the Big Bang had the properties it did. And it's interesting to think that connects directly to our kitchens and how we can make eggs, how we can remember one direction of time, why causes precede effects, why we are born young and grow older. It's all because of entropy increasing.”

“I'm trying to understand how time works. And that's a huge question that has lots of different aspects to it.”

“A full understanding of what happens in our everyday lives needs to take into account what happened at the Big Bang. And not only is that intrinsically interesting and just kind of cool to think about, but it's also a mystery that is not given much attention by working scientists; it's a little bit underappreciated.”

“The fact that you can remember yesterday but not tomorrow is because of entropy. The fact that you're always born young and then you grow older, and not the other way around like Benjamin Button - it's all because of entropy. So I think that entropy is underappreciated as something that has a crucial role in how we go through life.”

“The message is clear: libraries matter. Their solid presence at the heart of our towns sends the proud signal that everyone - whoever they are, whatever their educational background, whatever their age or their needs - is welcome.”

“I'm very much in support of the free press, but the free press ought to be educational and informative. And I believe they have fallen down recently on that.”

“We've got to look to our educational programs and focus on doing what we can to stem violence in the schools.”

“Personally, I think the best motto for an educational establishment is: 'Or Would You Rather Be a Mule?'”

“So our films had a lot more to them than entertainment value, and I'm glad that a lot of people recognize that now. People realize now the value of them as educational.”

“I come from an educational environment that really praises, as do I, the forms of representation that are otherwise lacking in our public media.”