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Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together.
Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together.
In some sense man is a microcosm of the universe; therefore what man is, is a clue to the universe. read more
In some sense man is a microcosm of the universe; therefore what man is, is a clue to the universe. We are enfolded in the universe.
Anyone informed that the universe is expanding and contracting in pulsations of eighty billion years has a right to ask, read more
Anyone informed that the universe is expanding and contracting in pulsations of eighty billion years has a right to ask, "What's in it for me?"
To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.
To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.
The universe, they said, depended for its operation on the balance of four forces which they identified as charm, persuasion, read more
The universe, they said, depended for its operation on the balance of four forces which they identified as charm, persuasion, uncertainty and bloody-mindedness.
If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning: just as, read more
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.
It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and read more
It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe.
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe.
The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the
universe is that it has never tried to contact read more
The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the
universe is that it has never tried to contact us.