Astronomy Quote by Stephen Vincent Benet

The Earth is a unique system in the universe, the only planet we know of that's hospitable for humankind.

— Sylvia Earle

The earth is too small a star and we too brief a visitor upon it for anything to matter more than the struggle for…

— Colman McCarthy

“We take off into the cosmos, ready for anything: for solitude, for hardship, for exhaustion, death. Modesty forbids us to say so, but there…

— Stanisław Lem

The world, when you look at it, it just can't be random. I mean, it's so different than the vast emptiness that is everything…

— Chris Hadfield

We humans, though troubled and warlike, are also the dreams, thinkers, and explorers inhabiting one achingly beautiful planet, yearning for the sublime, and capable…

— Carolyn Porco

We like to think that the fate of the Earth and the fate of human worlds are the same thing, but we're not as…

— Paul Kingsnorth

The planet belongs to all being; all beings are responsible. We all have to do whatever we can do no matter how small it…

— Hamid Drake

Of all celestial bodies within reach or view, as far as we can see, out to the edge, the most wonderful and marvellous and…

— Lewis Thomas

“The earth is an orbiting speck in incomprehensible vastness. The histories of our civilizations, our accomplishments and secrets, great good and evil—these are no…

— Christopher Hawke

We live on a planet that is amazing, beautiful, and full of wonder but not protected from powerful destructive forces of nature. We are…

— Adam Hamilton

No other planet in the solar system is a suitable home for human beings; it's this world or nothing. That's a very powerful perception.

— Carl Sagan

If our solar system is not unusual, then there are so many planets in the universe that, for example, they outnumber the sum of…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson