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title: "19 Matter Universe Quotes by 19 authors"
description: "Browse 19 Matter Universe quotes by 19 authors. Discover the best Matter Universe sayings and thoughts."
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> [“But they were not friends. They were here to keep each other from spinning off alone into the dark matter of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-anshaw/but-they-were-not-friends-they-were-here-to-keep-each-other-from/)

[Carol Anshaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-anshaw/)

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> [It is an embarrassment that the dominant forms of matter in the universe remain hypothetical.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-peebles/it-is-an-embarrassment-that-the-dominant-forms-of-matter-in-the/)

[Jim Peebles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-peebles/)

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> [And in man is a three-pound brain which, as far as we know, is the most complex and orderly arrangement of matter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/and-in-man-is-a-three-pound-brain-which-as-far-as-we-know-is-the-most/)

[Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/)

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> [“I'm dark matter. The universe inside of me is full of something, and science can't even shine a light on it. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-dahvana-headley/i-m-dark-matter-the-universe-inside-of-me-is-full-of-something-and/)

[Maria Dahvana Headley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-dahvana-headley/)

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> [“All in all, we come to the conclusion that no more than 1 percent of all matter in the universe falls in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henning-genz/all-in-all-we-come-to-the-conclusion-that-no-more-than-1-percent-of/)

[Henning Genz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henning-genz/)

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> [A proponent of the big bang theory, at least if he is an atheist, must believe that the matter of the universe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-john-patrick-kenny/a-proponent-of-the-big-bang-theory-at-least-if-he-is-an-atheist-must/)

[Anthony John Patrick Kenny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-john-patrick-kenny/)

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> [Life exists throughout the cosmos and is a consequence of matter in the universe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-stamets/life-exists-throughout-the-cosmos-and-is-a-consequence-of-matter-in/)

[Paul Stamets](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-stamets/)

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> [“what we can see may constitute no more than 10 percent, and perhaps as little as 1 percent, of the matter in the universe.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-christian/what-we-can-see-may-constitute-no-more-than-10-percent-and-perhaps-as/)

[David Christian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-christian/)

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> [Earlier theories ... were based on the hypothesis that all the matter in the universe was created in one big bang at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-hoyle/earlier-theories-were-based-on-the-hypothesis-that-all-the-matter-in/)

[Fred Hoyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-hoyle/)

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> [The question of the origin of the matter in the universe is no longer thought to be beyond the range of science…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-guth/the-question-of-the-origin-of-the-matter-in-the-universe-is-no-longer/)

[Alan Guth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-guth/)

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> [“All the known particles in the universe can be divided into two groups: particles of spin ½, which make up the matter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hawking/all-the-known-particles-in-the-universe-can-be-divided-into-two/)

[Stephen Hawking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hawking/)

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> [“If you fret that the world grows short of genuine wonders, consider this: the most complex lump of matter in the universe.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-kaplan/if-you-fret-that-the-world-grows-short-of-genuine-wonders-consider/)

[Michael Kaplan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-kaplan/)

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> [This whole electric universe is a complex maze of similar tensions. Every particle of matter in the universe is separated from its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-russell/this-whole-electric-universe-is-a-complex-maze-of-similar-tensions/)

[Walter Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-russell/)

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> [“Consider all the inanimate matter in the universe, all the dumb atoms, all the mindless molecules, all the oblivious dust grains and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alastair-reynolds/consider-all-the-inanimate-matter-in-the-universe-all-the-dumb-atoms/)

[Alastair Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alastair-reynolds/)

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> [“The supply of matter in the universe was never more tightly packed than it is now, or more widely spread out. For…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucretius/the-supply-of-matter-in-the-universe-was-never-more-tightly-packed/)

[Lucretius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucretius/)

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> [“For even if we expunged all the matter in the Universe the lambda force could still exist, causing the universe to expand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-d-barrow/for-even-if-we-expunged-all-the-matter-in-the-universe-the-lambda/)

[John D. Barrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-d-barrow/)

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> [Religion is simply an ideal. It is an ideal force that tends to free the human being from material bonds. I do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikola-tesla/religion-is-simply-an-ideal-it-is-an-ideal-force-that-tends-to-free/)

[Nikola Tesla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikola-tesla/)

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> [“The level of matter in the universe has been constant since the Big Bang. In all the aeons we have lost nothing,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caitlin-moran/the-level-of-matter-in-the-universe-has-been-constant-since-the-big/)

[Caitlin Moran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caitlin-moran/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21f/caitlin-moran-865_astronomy_the-level-of-matter-in-the-universe-has_1184413.jpg)

> [“Matter would have the universe a uniform dispersion, motionless, complete. Spirit would have an earth, a heaven and a hell, whirl and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-wheelis/matter-would-have-the-universe-a-uniform-dispersion-motionless/)

[Allen Wheelis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-wheelis/)

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                        "text": "“For even if we expunged all the matter in the Universe the lambda force could still exist, causing the universe to expand or contract. It was always there, acting on everything but unaffected by anything. It began to look like an omnipresent form of energy that remained when everything that could be removed from a universe had been removed, and that sounds very much like somebody's definition of a vacuum.”",
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