Asteroid Quote by Robert T. Bakker Download Open image “It was not an asteroid or comet, because it would have killed everything.” — Robert T. Bakker ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Asteroid Because Comet Everything Would
When I first heard that a comet was going to hit Jupiter, my reaction was, 'Eh. So what? Jupiter's huge. Comets are small. And… — Heidi Hammel Copy Share Image
The big, huge meteor headed toward the Earth. Could nothing stop it? Maybe Bob could. He was suddenly on top of the meteor-through some… — Jack Handey Copy Share Image
It would take an extremely large spacecraft to deflect a large asteroid that would be headed directly for the Earth. — Rusty Schweickart Copy Share Image
Asteroids have hit the Earth millions of times. We can see them as shooting stars every night. When they get bigger, things get complicated.… — Rusty Schweickart Copy Share Image
“Asteroids are craggy chunks of rock. Comets are balls of dirt, ice, and frozen gases. And meteors are, quite simply, whatever falls through and… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Happens if a big asteroid hits Earth? Judging from realistic simulations... — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
The dinosaurs never saw that asteroid coming. What's our excuse? — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
The chunks of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 were so large, and were moving so fast, that each hit Jupiter with at least the equivalent energy… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
The Gulf of Mexico, they believe, is a huge asteroid. That was an impact zone, you know that? Yeah, for that big a thing… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
The crash of the whole solar and stellar systems could only kill you once. — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
If you get asteroids about a kilometer in size, those are large enough and carry enough energy into our system to disrupt transportation, communication,… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“Never in my life had I wished so hard for a thousand-foot-wide asteroid to change its course to hit someone directly in the face.… — Camilla Monk Copy Share Image
Often extinctions in the ocean occur at the same time as those on land. Then again, the ice age extinctions lost many big animals,… — Robert T. Bakker Copy Share Image
Inveterate creationists, then or now, never allow their faith to fall victim to facts. — Robert T. Bakker Copy Share Image
Traditional dinosaur theory is full of short circuits. Like the antiquated wiring in an old house, the details sputter and burn out when specific… — Robert T. Bakker Copy Share Image
The impact of the magazine was very strong. As I said, it portrayed dinosaurs as part of the geological history, part of the story… — Robert T. Bakker Copy Share Image
To me it seems that the warm blooded dinosaurs replaced advanced mammal ancestors that were warm blooded, also. — Robert T. Bakker Copy Share Image
If we measured success by longevity, then dinosaurs must rank as the number one success story in the history of land life. — Robert T. Bakker Copy Share Image
“I love museums more than any other institution the human race has invented. Museum people are always overworked and underpaid, and they all deserve… — Robert T. Bakker Copy Share Image
The public image of dinosaurs is tainted by extinction. It's hard to accept dinosaurs as a success when they are all dead. But the… — Robert T. Bakker Copy Share Image
Land bridges were everywhere during the extinction, many species were spreading, and there were many diseases. — Robert T. Bakker Copy Share Image
One researcher just determined that African and Indian elephants make each other sick. When a new animal or plant is introduced to a habitat… — Robert T. Bakker Copy Share Image
I don't want to be the embarrassment of the galaxy to have had the power to deflect an asteroid, and then not and end… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Back in the day, I've heard, particularly with the near-Earth asteroids, there were some asteroid hunters that knew the names of every one. — Carrie Nugent Copy Share Image
Lots of science fiction deals with distant times and places. Intrepid prospectors in the Asteroid Belt. Interstellar epics. Galactic empires. Trips to the remote… — Edward M. Lerner Copy Share Image
“Outside the port, the slashed rock of the unnamed asteroid tumbled and spun in dynamics known only to the gods of chaos mathematics.” — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
It would take an extremely large spacecraft to deflect a large asteroid that would be headed directly for the Earth. — Rusty Schweickart Copy Share Image
Americans who read the papers or watch Jay Leno have been aware for some time now that there is a slim but real possibility… — Rusty Schweickart Copy Share Image
We need to take command of the solar system to gain that wealth, and to escape the sea of paper our government is becoming,… — Larry Niven Copy Share Image
The Gulf of Mexico, they believe, is a huge asteroid. That was an impact zone, you know that? Yeah, for that big a thing… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
What if an asteroid were to strike planet Earth? What could we possibly do to prevent it? However many guys we have working on… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
Sooner or later the space program will need to save us by detecting and deflecting an incoming asteroid. — Nathan Myhrvold Copy Share Image
The stars look the same from night to night. Nebulae and galaxies are dully immutable, maintaining the same overall appearance for thousands or millions… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
There's no accepted global policy on what to do about asteroid impacts. — Rusty Schweickart Copy Share Image
