Asteroid Quotes

54 quotes by 41 authors

Space travel leading to skylife is vital to human survival, because the question is not whether we will be hit by an asteroid, but when.… — Gregory Benford
I only hope that we shall not wait to adopt the program until after our astronomers have reported a new and unsuspected asteroid moving across… — Wernher von Braun
As you may know, I'm the co-founder and co-chairman of an asteroid company called Planetary Resources that is backed by a group of eight billionaires… — Peter Diamandis
Sooner or later, we will face a catastrophic threat from space. Of all the possible threats, only a gigantic asteroid hit can destroy the entire… — Michio Kaku
I despise the Lottery. There's less chance of you becoming a millionaire than there is of getting hit on the head by a passing asteroid. — Brian May
An asteroid or a supervolcano could certainly destroy us, but we also face risks the dinosaurs never saw: An engineered virus, nuclear war, inadvertent creation… — Elon Musk
Most estimates of the mortality risk posed by asteroid impacts put it at about the same risk as flying in a commercial airliner. However, you… — Nathan Myhrvold
There is a one-in-300 chance that Earth will be struck on March 16, 2880, by an asteroid large enough to destroy civilization and possibly cause… — Nathan Myhrvold
If the Earth gets hit by an asteroid, it's game over. It's control-alt-delete for civilization. — Bill Nye
This planet is 15 million years overdue for an asteroid strike like the one that killed the dinosaurs. — L. Neil Smith
Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she laid an asteroid. — Mark Twain
The chances that your tombstone will read 'Killed by Asteroid' are about the same as they'd be for 'Killed in Airplane Crash.' — Neil deGrasse Tyson
Asteroids have us in our sight. The dinosaurs didn't have a space program, so they're not here to talk about this problem. We are, and… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
Global warming, along with the cutting and burning of forests and other critical habitats, is causing the loss of living species at a level comparable… — Al Gore
After once having made the mistake of watching television news, I had worried for a while about an asteroid hitting the earth and wiping out… — Dean Koontz
They say asteroids hit the moon pretty often, which is how the moon gets its crater, but this one is going to be the biggest… — Susan Beth Pfeffer
todays the first anniversary of the asteroid hitting the moon. A year ago i was sixteen years old, a sophomore in high school. — Susan Beth Pfeffer
...they discovered only a small asteroid inhabited by a solitary old man who claimed repeatedly that nothing was true, though he was later discovered to… — Douglas Adams
Percy smiled at her - that sarcastic troublemaker smile that had annoyed her for years but eventually had become endearing. His sea-green eyes were as… — Rick Riordan
What happens if a big asteroid hits Earth ? Judging from realistic simulations involving a sledge hammer and a common laboratory frog, we can assume… — Dave Barry

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