Center of the universe Quote by William Lyons

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

One of the things that was kind of shocking for humans... was to come to terms with was the fact that, hey, we may…

— Kevin J. Anderson

When science discovers the center of the universe a lot of people will be disappointed to find they are not it.

— Bernard Baily

I believe the Earth is flat.

— Mike Hughes

“If no one ever deviated from currently accepted mainstream Science - we would still have the Flat Earth Society!”

— Mary Nash Stoddard

“The village that voted the earth was flat doubtless modified its own behavior and its system of physics accordingly, but its vote did not…

— Dorothy L. Sayers

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

— David Roochnik

“Today most scientists would agree with the ancient Hindus that nothing exists or is destroyed, things merely change shape or form…the cosmic radiation that…

— Peter Matthiessen

In the Middle Ages people believed that the earth was flat, for which they had at least the evidence of their senses: we believe…

— George Bernard Shaw

There's that old theory that humankind and this planet were seen as the centre of the universe. That was thrown away - how could…

— Dan Aykroyd

“Once upon a time, people thought earth was flat-shaped. Now I'm ready to perceive universe won't be as we think.”

— Toba Beta

All the hundreds of millions of people who, in their time, believed the Earth was flat never succeeded in unrounding it by an inch.

— Isaac Asimov