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Planet Quotes by Stephen Hawking
- One can see from space how the human race has changed the Earth. Nearly all of the available land has been cleared of forest and…
- I think [contacting an alien civilization] would be a disaster. The extraterrestrials would probably be far in advance of us. The history of advanced races…
- The human race is just a chemical scum on a moderate-sized planet, orbiting around a very average star in the outer suburb of one among…
- Our only chance of long-term survival is not to remain lurking on planet Earth, but to spread out into space.
- In the last 200 years the population of our planet has grown exponentially, at a rate of 1.9% per year. If it continued at this…
- Our population and our use of the finite resources of planet Earth are growing exponentially, along with our technical ability to change the environment for…
- Not to leave planet Earth would be like castaways on a desert island not trying to escape...Sending humans to other planets ... will shape the…
- The human race shouldn't have all its eggs in one basket, or on one planet. Let's hope we can avoid dropping the basket until we…
- We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldnt want to meet. I imagine they might…
- Our population and our use of the finite resources of planet Earth are growing exponentially, along with our technical ability to change the environment for…
- The large-scale homogeneity of the universe makes it very difficult to believe that the structure of the universe is determined by anything so peripheral as…
- If we can avoid disaster for the next two centuries, our species should be safe as we spread into space. If we are the only…
- I think the human race doesn't have a future if we don't go into space. We need to expand our horizons beyond planet Earth if…
- We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes…
- We are in danger of destroying ourselves by our greed and stupidity. We cannot remain looking inwards at ourselves on a small and increasingly polluted…
- There are too many accidents that can befall life on a single planet.
- In his eyes shone the reflection of the most beautiful planet in the Universe---a planet that is not too hot and not too cold; that…
- There is a very real danger that we will kill everything on this planet now that we have the technological power to do so.
- I don't think the human race will survive the next thousand years, unless we spread into space. There are too many accidents that can befall…
- Earth might one day soon resemble the planet Venus.
More Planet Quotes
- It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one… — Neil Armstrong
- The important achievement of Apollo was demonstrating that humanity is not forever chained to this planet and our visions go rather further… — Neil Armstrong
- Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD. We came in peace for all mankind. — Neil Armstrong
- I put up my thumb and it blotted out the planet Earth. — Neil Armstrong
- We keep putting on programmes about famine in Ethiopia; that's what's happening. Too many people there. They can't support themselves - and… — David Attenborough
- We shouldn't be saying 'Save the planet'; we should be saying: 'Save viable conditions in which people can live.' That's what we're… — Margaret Atwood
- The threat to the planet is us. It's actually not a threat to the planet - it's a threat to us. — Margaret Atwood
- We're losing biodiversity globally at an alarming rate, and we need a cornucopia of different plants and animals, for the planet's health… — Diane Ackerman