Lick Quotes by Sandra Faber

My favorite galaxy of all is called the Sombrero, NGC 4594. It's an amazing galaxy that is really two galaxies in one.

— Sandra Faber

I remember spending evenings looking at the sky with my dad, who was interested. He was a civil engineer and was interested in science…

— Sandra Faber

One lesson astronomy tells us is that we're a tiny mote in a hostile void, and help is too far away.

— Sandra Faber

I was lonely as a kid. Since I had no siblings, I spent a lot of time by myself and a lot of time…

— Sandra Faber

I take comfort in the fact that it is a beautiful universe, and we belong here and that we fit. This is our home.

— Sandra Faber

Hubble is unique. Nothing else can do what it can do. Once it's gone, we're going to be paralyzed.

— Sandra Faber

I'm not in favor of manned spaceflight, because I don't see that it goes anywhere.

— Sandra Faber

Like many astronomers who use the great telescopes on Mauna Kea, I have participated personally and joyfully in ceremonies to celebrate the profound cosmic…

— Sandra Faber

In little localized pockets, the universe is capable of building some beautiful complexity.

— Sandra Faber

I was a tomboy through and through; I hated dresses and was personally miffed that I couldn't join the Little League team.

— Sandra Faber

Receiving the National Medal of Science is the thrill of a lifetime, but good science does not happen in isolation.

— Sandra Faber

I graduated from high school in 1962.

— Sandra Faber

It's quite likely that planets and solar systems like ours could be forming in other galaxies in great numbers.

— Sandra Faber

We've been given the gift of a billion years of cosmic time, and we should not screw it up. But at the rate we're…

— Sandra Faber

We're on our own on spaceship Earth. So we have to solve our own problems.

— Sandra Faber