Absurd Quote by Galileo Galilei

“The universe is neither centered on earth nor the sun. It is centered on God.”

— Alfred Noyes

The notion that anyone in the 21st century could take seriously the notion that the sun orbits the Earth, or that the Earth is…

— Lawrence M. Krauss

The earth is, of course, not the geometric center of the universe. But it is certainly the center of our lives.

— David Roochnik

It is clear that the earth does not move, and that it does not lie elsewhere than at the center.

— Aristotle

It is clear, then, that the earth must be at the centre and immovable, not only for the reasons already given, but also because…

— Aristotle

The centre of the system of the world is immovable.

— Isaac Newton

In my studies of astronomy and philosophy I hold this opinion about the universe, that the Sun remains fixed in the centre of the…

— Galileo Galilei

Five centuries ago, Copernicus upset humanity's applecart with the news that the Earth is not the center of the cosmos. It could be that,…

— Seth Shostak

Among the authorities it is generally agreed that the Earth is at rest in the middle of the universe, and they regard it as…

— Nicolaus Copernicus

“The earth is a huge ball which nothing holds up in space except its own motion and magnetism, and we conscious things who occupy…

— Saul Bellow

Earth is God's insane asylum for the universe.

— Anonymous

Absolute space, that is to say, the mark to which it would be necessary to refer the earth to know whether it really moves,…

— Henri Poincare