Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.
The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction.
If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move.
Who is more humble? The scientist who looks at the universe with an open mind and accepts whatever the universe has to teach us, or somebody who says everything in this book must be considered the literal truth and never mind the fallibility of all the human beings involved?
She wasn't doing a thing that I could see, except standing there, leaning on the balcony railing, holding the universe together.
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.
When science discovers the center of the universe, a lot of people will be disappointed to find they are not it.
The cosmos is full beyond measure of elegant truths; of exquisite interrelationships; of the awesome machinery of nature.
I try not to think with my gut. If I'm serious about understanding the world, thinking with anything besides my brain, as tempting as that might be, is likely to get me into trouble.