Margaret J. Wheatley Quotes

The universe is a great mystery.

I have a vast curiosity about our universe, our origins, and its probable future.

I'm interested in the cosmos. I want to know what's out there and how connected we are.

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 want Carl Sagan to explain the sky to me.

I've always been fascinated by physics and cosmology. It gets more and more scary the older you get.

We're just one rock surrounded by this immense universe.

The universe is a big place, perhaps the biggest.

Pure science - this vision of the universe as 15 billion light years across - I am bedazzled and awed by it.

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.

There is nothing bigger or older than the universe.

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

We are living through a remarkably privileged era, when certain deep truths about the cosmos are still within reach of the human spirit of exploration.

First of all, we must note that the universe is spherical.

There are still so many questions to answer. When you look at any part of the universe, you have to feel humbled.

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

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

It's probably an intellectual weakness, but I look at the stars, and I say, 'There's something bigger than us out there.'

I think it's amazing that the entire community of astronomy has done what it's done. We've been able to deduce the nature of time and space and where we all came from. It's the most amazing detective story in history.

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.

I've always been consumed by things that are out of this world, like space and moons.

You think of floating on a rock in space as so alien, but that's exactly what we're doing.

Here we were, the only seven humans in space, repairing a telescope whose only purpose is to enrich the minds of people on planet Earth and increase our understanding of the workings of the universe. I can think of no better peaceful use of space for all humankind.

I don't know why. I'm fascinated with stars and space. I just love them.