A few dud universes can really clutter up your basement.

The idea that there could be other universes out there is really one that stretches the mind in a great way.

— Brian Greene

There are two things you should remember when dealing with parallel universes. One, they're not really parallel, and two, they're not really universes

— Douglas Adams

It's actually safe to create a universe in your basement.

— Alan Guth

I don't decide where I live. My wife decides. She's a curator of contemporary art, and she works at an art museum, so we…

— John Green

My dad was a bass player in a Latino band when I was growing up. So we always had musical instruments in our basement.

— Lindi Ortega

Being Canadian and from Winnipeg, I have the spirit of a dreamer because of the cold, and being in the basement thinking of possibilities…

— Sarah Carter

Just like every kid who comes into show business on some level, I used to put shows on in my basement. I even started…

— Don Scardino

My first time performing was in the black box theater of my high school's basement as a member of 'Clownaz,' the school's improv team.…

— Joe Mande

I might be in the basement. I'll go upstairs and check. We adore chaos because we love to produce order. I don't use drugs;…

— M. C. Escher

All the green-screen stuff - all the special effects stuff - I shot right there in my house, in the basement in my theater…

— Vickie Winans

I love getting into the basement of a courthouse, and all the dusty records - all that stuff makes me really happy.

— Sharon Cameron

I might be in the basement. I'll go upstairs and check.

— M. C. Escher

White Zombie was a bunch of kids with the worst equipment playing in a basement. But that is what is so great about it.…

— Rob Zombie

Every time I get in an elevator, the operator says the same thing to me: 'Basement?'

— Rodney Dangerfield

Ireland starts for me with the end of 'The Dead,' which my father read to me from his desk in his basement office in…

— John Jeremiah Sullivan