Quotes About Cosmos

We are the way for the universe to know itself.

DNA'm?zdaki karbon, diÅŸlerimizdeki kalsiyum, kan?m?zdaki demir, içtiÄŸimiz sudaki oksijen kendi içine çökmüÅŸ bir y?ld?zdan yap?lm??t?r. Bu da biziy?ld?z tozu yapar.

The total number of such worlds are, as I said, something of the order of a trillion, or 10^12, a one followed by twelve zeros, of which Earth represents just one, all in the family of the Sun. And our star, of course, is one of a vast multitude.

God is the God of the entire cosmos; God has to do with every creature, and every creature has to do with God, whether they recognize it or not.

Human beings are co-partners with deity in the project of being. This is the basis of all magic.

We are asked by science to believe that the entire universe sprang from nothingness, and at a single point and for no discernible reason. This notion is the limit case for credulity. In other words, if you can believe this, you can believe anything.

Imagine how unbearably, how unutterably cold the Universe would be if one were all alone

So much universe, and so little time.

The thing is, I mean, there's times when you look at the universe and you think, "What about me?" and you can just hear the universe replying, "Well, what about you?"

Take the universe and grind it down to the finest powder and sieve it through the finest sieve and then show me one atom of justice, one molecule of mercy. and yet... and yet you act as if there is some ideal order in the world, as if there is some... some rightness in the universe by which it may be judged.

Most species do their own evolving, making it up as they go along, which is the way Nature intended. And this is all very natural and organic and in tune with mysterious cycles of the cosmos, which believes that there's nothing like millions of years of really frustrating trial and error to give a species moral fiber and, in some cases, backbone.

You could say to the universe this is not fair. And the universe would say: Oh, isn't it? Sorry.

Who'd want a pony when you could have the whole universe? It was far more interesting and you didn't have to muck it out once a week.

STARS EXPLODE, WORLDS COLLIDE, THERE'S HARDLY ANYWHERE IN THE UNIVERSE WHERE HUMANS CAN LIVE WITHOUT BEING FROZEN OR FRIED, AND YET YOU BELIEVE THAT A... A BED IS A NORMAL THING. IT IS THE MOST AMAZING TALENT.

Anyway, lots of warrior tribes think that when they die, they go to a heavenly land somewhere, said the toad. You know, where they can drink and fight and feast forever? So maybe this is theirs. But this is a real place! So? That's what they believe. Besides, they're only small. Maybe the universe is a bit crowded and they have to put heavens anywhere there's room? I'm a toad, so you'll appreciate that I'm having to guess a lot here.

The universe was bad enough without people poking it.

the awesome splendor of the universe is much easier to deal with if you think of it as a series of small chunks.

The Universe isn't just a light show, they keep it running during the day too.

A mirror can contain the reflection of the whole universe, a whole skyful of stars in a piece of silvered glass no thicker than a breath.

I have seen galaxies die. I have watched atoms dance. But until I had the dark behind the eyes, I didn't know the death from the dance.

The universe required everything to be observed, lest it cease to exist.

there's times when you look at the universe and you think 'What about me?' and you can just hear the universe replying, 'Well, what about you?

Sooner or later all things are numbers, yes?

The current state of knowledge can be summarized thus: in the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.