The only accounting we had of the origins and the structure of nature was Biblical Genesis.

We are part of this universe; we are in this universe, but perhaps more important than both of those facts, is that the universe is in us.

Let us not fool ourselves into thinking we went to the Moon because we are pioneers, or discoverers, or adventurers. We went to the Moon because it was the militaristically expedient thing to do.

Some air you inhale was exhaled by Cleopatra.

If a scientist is not befuddled by what they're looking at, then they're not a research scientist.

We went to the moon and discovered Earth.

You could do math early, but there are no brilliant 16-year-old novelists. They don't know the human condition yet.