You cannot understand the glories of the universe without believing there is some Supreme Power behind it.

We each exist for but a short time, and in that time explore but a small part of the whole universe

I don't think the human race will survive the next thousand years, unless we spread into space. There are too many accidents that can befall life on a single planet. But I'm an optimist. We will reach out to the stars.

When the going gets tough, the tough take a coffee break.

A million million million million (1 with twenty-four zeros after it) miles, the size of the observable universe.

I don't know what my IQ is. People who gloat about their IQ's are losers

We got through all of Genesis and part of Exodus before I left. One of the main things I learned from this exercise was not to begin a sentence with "And." When I pointed out that most sentences in the Bible began with "And," I was told that English had changed since the time of King James. In that case, I argued, why make us read the Bible? But it was in vain. Robert Graves at that time was very keen on the symbolism and mysticism in the Bible.