Quotes About Universe

I'm only an ex-astronomer;

the equilibrium state of the cosmos is death….

The universe is in constant renewal," she said, as much to herself as to Ellie. "Everything—individuals, planets, stars, even galaxies—has a life cycle, a death as well as a birth. Nothing lasts forever. Not even the universe itself. Change and renewal are an essential part of the overall process.

everything in space-time that will later become our universe is contained in that small volume producing the awesome light.

Slowly, Jimmy held up his outstretched hands. Men had been arguing for two hundred years about this gesture; would every creature, everywhere in the universe, interpret this as See--no weapons? But no one could think of anything better.

My God -- it's full of stars!

If the decades and the centuries pass with no indication that there is intelligent life elsewhere in the universe, the long-term effects on human philosophy will be profound, and may be disastrous. Better to have neighbors we don't like than to be utterly alone. —Arthur C. Clarke

Carente de contacto con el mundo exterior, era un universo en sí misma.

Nowhere in Rama had there been any trace of artistic expression; everything was purely functional. Perhaps the Ramans felt that they already knew the ultimate secrets of the universe, and were no longer haunted by the yearnings and aspirations that drove mankind.

Two possibility exist: either we are alone in the universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.

faktem byÅ'o, i? cierpiaÅ' na nieuleczalnÄ… chorobÄ™, która jak siÄ™ wydawaÅ'o, spoÅ›ród wszystkich inteligentnych ras zamieszkujÄ…cych wszechÅ›wiat atakowaÅ'a tylko gatunki homo sapiens. TÄ… chorobÄ… byÅ'a mania religijna.

holographic principle.

religion was the by-product of fear—a reaction to a mysterious and often hostile universe.

forth in the equatorial plane were the brilliant stars

for every man who has ever lived, in this Universe there shines a star

In the future all history will be noted as BC, before contact, and AC, after contact. For from that first moment when we knew unambiguously that simple chemicals had risen to consciousness and intelligence somewhere else in the vastness of our universe, the past history of our species became only an isolated paradigm, one small and relatively insignificant fragment in the infinite tapestry that depicts the astonishing variety of sentient life.

oh my God - it's full of stars!

mundos que en cualquier otra parte hubiesen sido considerados como planetas por propio derecho, pero que allí eran simplemente satélites de un amo gigante.

And just as Columbus's discoveries fixed the geography of Earth forever in human minds, so we learned the geography of the universe

Does it not seem strange to you, began Yarlan Zey, that though the skies are open to us, we have tried to bury ourselves in the Earth? It is the beginning of the sickness whose ending you have seen in your age. Humanity is trying to hide; it is frightened of what lies out there in space, and soon it will have closed all the doors that lead into the Universe.

Or is the meaning of life no longer 42?

One's ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature

What is the meaning of it, Watson? said Holmes solemnly as he laid down the paper. What object is served by this circle of misery and violence and fear? It must tend to some end, or else our universe is ruled by chance, which is unthinkable. But what end? There is the great standing perennial problem to which human reason is as far from an answer as ever.

What object is served by this circle of misery and violence and fear? It must tend to some end, or else our universe is ruled by chance, which is unthinkable. But what end? There is the great standing perennial problem to which human reason is as far from an answer as ever.