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title: "9 Substance Universe Quotes by 8 authors"
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> [Aside from Velcro, time is the most mysterious substance in the universe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/aside-from-velcro-time-is-the-most-mysterious-substance-in-the-2/)

[Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/)

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> [“The main substance of our universe is LOVE Everything else comes right behind it!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-pina/the-main-substance-of-our-universe-is-love-everything-else-comes/)

[Timothy Pina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-pina/)

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> [Boredom is actually the most plentiful substance in the universe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amber-dermont/boredom-is-actually-the-most-plentiful-substance-in-the-universe/)

[Amber Dermont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amber-dermont/)

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> [Aside from velcro, time is the most mysterious substance in the universe. You can't see it or touch it, yet a plumber…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/aside-from-velcro-time-is-the-most-mysterious-substance-in-the/)

[Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a85/dave-barry-222_clock_aside-from-velcro-time-is-the-most-myste_1541334.png)

> [“Primary causes are unknown to us; but are subject to simple and constant laws, which may be discovered by observation, the study…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-fourier/primary-causes-are-unknown-to-us-but-are-subject-to-simple-and/)

[Joseph Fourier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-fourier/)

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> [When we consider the being and substance of that universe in which we are immutably set, we shall discover that neither we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giordano-bruno/when-we-consider-the-being-and-substance-of-that-universe-in-which-we/)

[Giordano Bruno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giordano-bruno/)

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> [The substance of the universe is obedient and compliant; and the reason which governs it has in itself no cause for doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/the-substance-of-the-universe-is-obedient-and-compliant-and-the/)

[Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/)

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> [“Where did the substance of the universe come from? . . If 0 equals ( + 1) + (-1), then something which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/where-did-the-substance-of-the-universe-come-from-if-0-equals-1-1/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2a/isaac-asimov-309_negative-energy_where-did-the-substance-of-the-universe_1666308.jpg)

> [The discovery of radioactivity created a momentary chaos in chemistry and physics; but it soon led to a fuller interpretation of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aleister-crowley/the-discovery-of-radioactivity-created-a-momentary-chaos-in-chemistry/)

[Aleister Crowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aleister-crowley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48f/aleister-crowley-1100_all-things_the-discovery-of-radioactivity-created-a_761771.png)

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