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title: "8 Universe Tell Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 8 Universe Tell quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Universe Tell sayings and thoughts."
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> [So when people ask me if I believe God created the universe, I tell them that the question itself makes no sense.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hawking/so-when-people-ask-me-if-i-believe-god-created-the-universe-i-tell/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33f/stephen-hawking-389_ask-me_so-when-people-ask-me-if-i-believe-god-c_1181180.jpg)

> [What you can't teach someone is how to find the door. You can't give someone a door to another universe. You can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ottessa-moshfegh/what-you-can-t-teach-someone-is-how-to-find-the-door-you-can-t-give/)

[Ottessa Moshfegh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ottessa-moshfegh/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a5/ottessa-moshfegh-8200_education_what-you-can-t-teach-someone-is-how-to-f_1879114.jpg)

> [A tale, like the universe, they tell us, expands ceaselessly each time you examine it, until there’s finally no telling exactly where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chang-rae-lee/a-tale-like-the-universe-they-tell-us-expands-ceaselessly-each-time/)

[Chang-Rae Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chang-rae-lee/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f41/chang-rae-lee-3318_ends_a-tale-like-the-universe-they-tell-us-ex_2201556.png)

> [There is a maxim about the universe which I always tell my students: That which is not explicitly forbidden is guaranteed to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-m-krauss/there-is-a-maxim-about-the-universe-which-i-always-tell-my-students/)

[Lawrence M. Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-m-krauss/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e3/lawrence-m-krauss-2566_forbidden_there-is-a-maxim-about-the-universe-whic_2264576.png)

> [I'm not a guy who looks for signs in the universe to tell him things. I believe that if you search hard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-bones/i-m-not-a-guy-who-looks-for-signs-in-the-universe-to-tell-him-things/)

[Bobby Bones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-bones/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd3/bobby-bones-11335_believe_i-m-not-a-guy-who-looks-for-signs-in-the_2409235.jpg)

> [Every atom is maybe a sometimes-exploding Universe, but none and nothing can tell us the Universe could appear and exist in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mariana-fulger/every-atom-is-maybe-a-sometimes-exploding-universe-but-none-and/)

[Mariana Fulger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mariana-fulger/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88f/mariana-fulger-1201_tell-universe_every-atom-is-maybe-a-sometimes-explodin_2637121.jpg)

> [“A tale, like the universe, they tell us, expands ceaselessly each time you examine it, until there is finally no telling exactly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chang-rae-lee/a-tale-like-the-universe-they-tell-us-expands-ceaselessly-each-time-2/)

[Chang-rae Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chang-rae-lee/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/543/chang-rae-lee-3318_storytelling_a-tale-like-the-universe-they-tell-us-ex_2846080.png)

> [I don't know and probably never will know enough about the true nature of the universe to tell anyone else what to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-hautman/i-don-t-know-and-probably-never-will-know-enough-about-the-true/)

[Pete Hautman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-hautman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/289/pete-hautman-21164_believe_i-don-t-know-and-probably-never-will-kno_3084567.png)

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