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No other success can compensate for failure in the home.

Interestingly, according to modern astronomers, space is finite. This is a very comforting thought - particularly for people who cannot remember where they left things.

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.

What would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?

There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.

I'm astounded by people who want to 'know' the universe when it's hard enough to find your way around Chinatown.

The difference between sex and death is that with death you can do it alone and no one is going to make fun of you.

The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.

We are an impossibility in an impossible universe.

The celestial order and the beauty of the universe compel me to admit that there is some excellent and eternal Being, who deserves the respect and homage of men.

A human being is part of a whole, called by us the "Universe," a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest--a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few personsnearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.

Space isn't remote at all. It's only an hour's drive away if your car could go straight upwards.

There is a coherent plan to the universe, though I don't know what it's a plan for.

Consciousness . . . is the phenomenon whereby the universe's very existence is made known.

The universe is made of stories, not atoms.

The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.

Black holes are where God divided by zero.

The universe is asymmetric and I am persuaded that life, as it is known to us,is a direct result of the asymmetry of the universe or of its indirect consequences. The universe is asymmetric.

The most beautiful things in the universe are the starry heavens above us and the feeling of duty within us.

In the beginning, the universe was created. This made a lot of people very angry, and has been widely regarded as a bad idea.