We are made of starstuff.

The Universe forces those who live in it to understand it. Those creatures who find everyday experience a muddled jumble of events with no predictability, no regularity, are in grave peril. The Universe belongs to those who, at least to some degree, have figured it out.

We are star stuff harvesting sunlight.

I also wish that the Pledge of Allegiance were directed at the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, as it is when the President takes his oath of office, rather than to the flag and the nation

I set before you two ways: You can use your technology to destroy yourselves or to carry you to the planets and the stars. It's up to you.

Extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence

A galaxy is composed of gas and dust and stars - billions upon billions of stars. Every star may be a sun to someone.