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Universe Quotes by Arthur C. Clarke
- Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In either case the idea is quite staggering.
- I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here.
- I sometimes think that the universe is a machine designed for the perpetual astonishment of astronomers.
- The choice, as Wells once said, is the Universe-or nothing. . . . The challenge of the great spaces between the worlds is a stupendous…
- Deep beneath the surface of the Sun, enormous forces were gathering. At any moment, the energies of a million hydrogen bombs might burst forth in…
- In the long run, there are no secrets. in science. The universe will not cooperate in a cover-up.
- Even if we never reach the stars by our own efforts, in the millions of years that lie ahead it is almost certain that the…
- Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.
- In this universe the night was falling; the shadows were lengthening towards an east that would not know another dawn. But elsewhere the stars were…
- He found it both sad and fascinating that only through an artificial universe of video images could she establish contact with the real world.
- There is no reason to assume that the universe has the slightest interest in intelligence—or even in life. Both may be random accidental by-products of…
- All human plans [are] subject to ruthless revision by Nature, or Fate, or whatever one preferred to call the powers behind the Universe.
More Universe Quotes
- With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of… — Pietro Aretino
- He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe. — Marcus Aurelius
- Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe loves nothing… — Marcus Aurelius
- Look out into the universe and contemplate the glory of God. Observe the stars, millions of them, twinkling in the night sky,… — Sai Baba
- Every legend, moreover, contains its residuum of truth, and the root function of language is to control the universe by describing it. — James A. Baldwin
- The only things in my life that compatibly exists with this grand universe are the creative works of the human spirit. — Ansel Adams
- There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here,… — Douglas Adams
- In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a… — Douglas Adams
- The four building blocks of the universe are fire, water, gravel and vinyl. — Dave Barry
- The creator of the universe works in mysterious ways. But he uses a base ten counting system and likes round numbers. — Scott Adams
- The principle of subordination is the great bond of union and harmony through the universe. — Catharine Beecher
- If Mr. Einstein doesn't like the natural laws of the universe, let him go back to where he came from. — Robert Benchley