| | |

universe quotes

edits filters

“To the untrue man, the whole universe is false,—it is impalpable,—it shrinks to nothing within his grasp.” Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
“The eventual goal of science is to provide a single theory that describes the whole universe.” Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time
“It's no good crying over spilt milk, because all the forces of the universe were bent on spilling it.” W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage
“We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost between two spiral arms in the outskirts of a galaxy which is a member of a sparse cluster of galaxies, tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are...” Carl Sagan, Cosmos
“Cosmos is a Greek word for the order of the universe. It is, in a way, the opposite of Chaos.” Carl Sagan, Cosmos
“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.” Carl Sagan, Cosmos
“If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning: just as, if there were no light in the universe and therefore no creatures with eyes, we should never know it was dark. Dark would be without meaning.” C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
“Who indeed will set bounds to human ingenuity? Who will assert that everything in the universe capable of being perceived is already discovered and known?” Galileo Galilei, Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina of Tuscany
“The universe is transformation: life is opinion.” Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
“our goal is nothing less than a complete description of the universe we live in.” Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time
“So long as the universe had a beginning, we could suppose it had a creator. But if the universe is really completely self-contained, having no boundary or edge, it would have neither beginning nor end: it would simply be. What place, then, for a...” Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time
“I have inside me the winds, the deserts, the oceans, the stars, and everything created in the universe. We were all made by the same hand, and we have the same soul.” Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
“The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent to the concerns of such puny creatures as we.” Carl Sagan, Cosmos
“Even if there is only one possible unified theory, it is just a set of rules and equations. What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe?” Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time
“For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.” Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World
“The usual approach of science of constructing a mathematical model cannot answer the questions of why there should be a universe for the model to describe.” Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time
“Nothing in the universe is contingent, but all things are conditioned to exist and operate in a particular manner by the necessity of the divine nature.” Baruch Spinoza, Ethics
“In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.” Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
“PRAY, v. To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.” Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
“It’s lovely to live on a raft. We had the sky up there, all speckled with stars, and we used to lay on our backs and look up at them, and discuss about whether they was made or only just happened. Jim he allowed they was made, but I allowed...” Mark Twain, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
“If the rate of expansion one second after the big bang had been smaller by even one part in a hundred thousand million million, the universe would have recollapsed before it ever reached its present size.” Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time
“I believe the universe wants to be noticed. I think the universe is improbably biased toward consciousness, that it rewards intelligence in part because the universe enjoys its elegance being observed.” John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
“We grow up in isolation. Only slowly do we teach ourselves the Cosmos.” Carl Sagan, Cosmos
“The discovery that the universe is expanding was one of the great intellectual revolutions of the twentieth century.” Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time
“I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe.” Frank Zappa, The Real Frank Zappa Book
“The universe is merely a fleeting idea in God’s mind—a pretty uncomfortable thought, particularly if you’ve just made a down payment on a house.” Woody Allen, Getting Even
“Can we actually “know” the universe? My God, it’s hard enough finding your way around in Chinatown.” Woody Allen, Getting Even
“By looking far out into space we are also looking far back into time, back toward the horizon of the universe, back toward the epoch of the Big Bang.” Carl Sagan, Cosmos
“Do I dare Disturb the universe? In a minute there is time For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse.” T. S. Eliot, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

Related topics

God science knowledge theory life discovery expansion truth soul light religion humanity time freedom stupidity change nature reality learning intelligence

Related authors

Carl Sagan (7)
C. S. Lewis (1)
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1)
Stephen Hawking (7)
Woody Allen (2)
Galileo Galilei (1)
Baruch Spinoza (1)
Mark Twain (1)
Paulo Coelho (1)
John Green (1)
Marcus Aurelius (1)
Ambrose Bierce (1)
Frank Zappa (1)
W. Somerset Maugham (1)
Douglas Adams (1)
T. S. Eliot (1)

Related sources

A Brief History of Time (7)
Cosmos (6)
Getting Even (2)
Mere Christianity (1)
Of Human Bondage (1)
The Demon-Haunted World (1)
The Alchemist (1)
Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina of Tuscany (1)
Meditations (1)
The Fault in Our Stars (1)
The Real Frank Zappa Book (1)
Ethics (1)
The Scarlet Letter (1)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1)
The Devil's Dictionary (1)
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (1)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1)