Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the drug store, but that's just peanuts to space.
How can a speck of a universe be physically identical to the great expanse we view in the heavens above?
This is not a brook [Bach means "brook" in German], it's an ocean.
Where the telescope ends the microscope begins, and which has the wider vision?
I liked the idea of all of humanity fitting inside a sugar cube because more than 99.9% of matter is space.
Being the composer of 'Minecraft' is basically like imagining the distance between earth and moon.
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.
Why should the Eisenhower memorial be over twice the size of WWII Memorial? Why should it be so vast as to comfortably house two Lincoln Memorials, two Washington Monuments, and two Jefferson Memorials - all six at once?
Put three grains of sand inside a vast cathedral, and the cathedral will be more closely packed with sand than space is with stars.
There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But it's only a hundred billion. It's less than the national deficit! We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers.
I could put my thumb up to a window and completely hide the Earth. I thought, 'Everything I've ever known is behind my thumb.'
The scale of 'Independence Day' is much more than 'Stargate.'
Comparing your family budget to the sovereign debt of the United States is a little like comparing two kindergartners tossing a paper airplane to the Apollo 11 mission.
St. Paul's arose like some huge mountain above the enormous mass of smaller buildings.
A meter of green is greener than a centimeter.
In scale, 'Fortitude' is just as big as 'Game of Thrones.' It's equally as epic - it's just starting out.
