Character Quote by Steven Soderbergh

“There’s a legend that a very long time ago a meteorite fell from the sky and landed up in the mountains that surround this…

— Jessica Sorensen

“But of all that he saw, what gripped him the most were the light flashes in the darkened atmosphere that he had seen before—but…

— Alan Shepard

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

“Meteorites are not just in the sky; get down on the subway of a city, and you will find people who do not know…

— Mehmet Murat ildan

Seventy percent of Earth's surface is water and over 99 percent is uninhabited, so you would expect nearly all impactors to hit either the…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

“A shooting star, a cloud, or some sign from the Goddess....? One second later, the world shattered. Her father's grumbling voice was suddenly cut…

— T.L. Shreffler

“He's weeping, his face dissolving in his hands. It's exhausting. People hiding behind the asteroid, like it's an excuse for poor conduct, for miserable…

— Ben H. Winters

“I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of…

— Jack London

“There once was a hero who flew too close to the sun. His wings of wax fell apart and he plummeted to the earth.”

— Hiromu Arakawa

“They don't know that this is all one huge big blazing meteor that makes a pretty fire in space, but that someday it'll have…

— Ray Bradbury

“From outer darkness to outer darkness, a feathered meteor through a moment of light...”

— Janette Turner Hospital

“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