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…

— 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…

— Sandra Faber

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

— 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…

— 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…

— Sandra Faber

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

— Sandra Faber

There are some galaxies that not only teach us things but are just gorgeously beautiful to look at. My favorite example is…

— Sandra Faber

I have great respect for the special nature of Mauna Kea and profound regard for Hawaii's culture, environment, and people.

— Sandra Faber

I think it's amazing that the entire community of astronomy has done what it's done. We've been able to deduce the nature…

— Sandra Faber

Very few astronomers will be mourned with the same degree of love and admiration as Vera Rubin.

— Sandra Faber

Far from feeling dwarfed by the vast reaches and energy of the cosmos, what we really learn is that we are the…

— Sandra Faber

Hubble is the most important telescope in history after Galileo's first telescope.

— Sandra Faber

It's a blessing in a scientific career - the almost daily thrill of scientific discovery.

— Sandra Faber

Getting to work at Lick was like being touched by the wand of your fairy godmother.

— Sandra Faber

I was born in Boston, but I moved to Cleveland when I was three.

— Sandra Faber

You could think of the galaxy as a sort of stove with lots of pots on it, and the pots are the…

— Sandra Faber