Tracy K. Smith Quotes

In future, children won't perceive the stars as mere twinkling points of light: they'll learn that each is a 'Sun', orbited by planets fully as interesting as those in our Solar system.

I think the mystery of what's out there in the universe is just very compelling.

I've always been a fan of space exploration, and I filled our entire office with space artifacts.

You see billions and billions of stars and recognize that you know some of those have planets, too, and maybe there's life out there, and this is just one of billions of galaxies... and so it gives you this huge perspective of how far we potentially have to go for real exploration.

I'm not really into sci-fi movies, but I'm into the science of space a lot. I love astronomy and thinking about the nothingness of the everythingness of space.

We are now able to put our minds in other places in the universe with the use of telescopes. That is very exciting.

I'm really into space. When I was four years old, I used to pray to the stars and look at the moon.

There is no stronger case for the motivational power of real science than the discoveries that come from the Hubble Space Telescope as it unravels the mysteries of the universe.

It bears mentioning that the Milky Way is only one of 150 billion galaxies visible to our telescopes - and each of these will have its own complement of planets.

The public has an incredible capacity for appreciating the wonder of our planet, our solar system, our universe.

I feel particularly close to them, because I am now out in the universe. I'm in a position to see nature from another point of view, to be outside the earth and see the big picture.

Thinking about the universe has now been handed over to specialists. The rest of us merely read about it.

I've known from long ago that the universe was calling me. If you were one of those annoying adults that said, 'Oh, what are you gonna be when you grow up?' I would say, 'Astrophysicist.' And then they'd walk away real quickly.

We are probably nearing the limit of all we can know about astronomy.

I am very interested in the Universe - I am specialising in the Universe and all that surrounds it.

I've always been interested in space and the idea of exploration in that area since I was a child growing up through the '60s.

While I'm a big fan of science fiction, especially as rendered in expensive Hollywood blockbusters, it's the real universe that calls to me.

Do not look at stars as bright spots only. Try to take in the vastness of the universe.

Pioneering in space was something I would willingly give my life for.

You cannot look up at the night sky on the Planet Earth and not wonder what it's like to be up there amongst the stars. And I always look up at the moon and see it as the single most romantic place within the cosmos.

For most people, we often marvel at the beauty of a sunrise or the magnificence of a full moon, but it is impossible to fathom the magnitude of the universe that surrounds us.

Where there is an observatory and a telescope, we expect that any eyes will see new worlds at once.

You are that vast thing that you see far, far off with great telescopes.

There are 100 Billion starts in the galaxy. That used to be an astronomical number. It's less than the national deficit. Now we should calm them economical numbers.

Space has always fascinated me. As a young boy looking up at the stars, I found it impossible to resist thinking what was out there and if I ever would experience space first-hand.