Quote of the day, mostly related to astronomy.

[messier 111]

I always wondered if there was a purpose to the universe, if there was a plan, if there was some sort of organizing factor, hopefully that I played a role in. John Green

[messier 111]

The fundamental job of a toddler is to rule the universe. Lawrence Kutner

[messier 111]

There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life. Frank Zappa

[messier 111]

For an Apple is in it self a little Universe; the Seed, hotter than the other parts thereof, is its Sun, which diffuses about it self that natural Heat which preserves its Globe: And in the Onion, the Germ is the little Sun of that little World, which vivifies and nourishes the vegetative Salt of that little mass. Cyrano de Bergerac

[messier 111]

There was something undifferentiated and yet complete, which existed before Heaven and Earth. Soundless and formless, it depends on nothing and does not change. It operates everywhere and is free from danger. It may be considered the mother of the universe. I do not know its name; I call it Tao. Lao Tzu

[messier 111]

You've got to listen to the universe, to life, to God, whatever you want to call it. Because its going to speak to you. Jillian Michaels

[messier 111]

I don't think there is a hidden purpose to the universe that you have to puzzle out. Robert Fulghum

[messier 111]

It's an unusual opportunity, a chance for so many people to share in the excitement and the fun of the fact that we may be on to hints as to what the Universe is made out of. I guess the whole point of a prize like this is to be able to get that out into the community. Saul Perlmutter

[Frankskywatcher]

The importance of a telescope is not on how big it is, it's not on how well made it is - it's how many people, less fortunate than you, got to look thru it.
John Dobson

[helicon]

The importance of a telescope is not on how big it is, it's not on how well made it is - it's how many people, less fortunate than you, got to look thru it.
John Dobson

Amen.

[Juno16]

There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life. Frank Zappa

I wish that I could give multiple likes on this one!

Sounds like Frank! The "I Am the Slime" guy. I did get into his music in an early phase of my life and his lyrics still pop into my head every now and then.

[messier 111]

Every day I try to be in communication with the universe in an unconscious way. Paulo Coelho

[messier 111]

He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe. Marcus Aurelius

[messier 111]

Los Angeles is like a beauty parlor at the end of the universe. Emily Mortimer

[Frankskywatcher]

There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life. Frank Zappa

I wish that I could give multiple likes on this one!

Sounds like Frank! The "I Am the Slime" guy. I did get into his music in an early phase of my life and his lyrics still pop into my head every now and then.

He was great “ I’m the slime oozing out from your TV set”
Him and The Mothers of Invention “ The Mud Shark Hotel”

[messier 111]

I believe that there are no mistakes in the universe, so I think it all happens as it should! Carla Hall

[messier 111]

It's possible - you can never know - that the universe exists only for me. If so, it's sure going well for me, I must admit. Bill Gates
hummmmmmm , me

[messier 111]

Man is a physical and spiritual epitome of the Universe. Daniel D. Palmer

[messier 111]

After all, the universe required ten billion years of evolution before life was even possible; the evolution of the stars and the evolving of new chemical elements in the nuclear furnaces of the stars were indispensable prerequisites for the generation of life. John Polkinghorn

[messier 111]

'Faith' and 'trust' are words that put the power in the hands of an outside force that we are meant to rely on - whether it is God or a person or the universe. Certainty puts the power back in our hands. Yehuda Berg