Sky Philosopher Gifts

Creativity

Very Difficult Conversations

Coronavirus

"When I was your age, we wished on stars. Now, we wish on satellites!"

'God?' Earth receives its first transmission from space.

"We've all said things about heliocentricity that look bad when taken out of context."

"Shall we put it in play?"

'Look at him out there... so cold, so distant. Why do I always fall for the bad boys?'

Eviction Notice for Earth...

'All this is nuthin! There was one yeaw up noth...when it snowed fah two yeaws! I had t'dig down ten feet t'haul in my lobstah traps.'

"What, then, is theorigin of cosmology? Some say it has always been with us and always will be. Some think it arrived spontaneously, while others feel it started very small and is expanding..."

"Kind of makes you realize how insignificant my awesome beard is."

"Since I got out here, it seems my mind is like it's in a vacuum."

'The big bang theory of creation.'

'let's work with what we've got -- take a few of the more promising apes, and add some extra memory.'

'I don't understand it! On earth he was deathly afraid of flying.'

Crouching God Hidden Buddha

'I know just how you feel. Sometimes I think I'm living on the wrong planet too.'

"Hey, universe! I'm significant and I'm in charge!"

Well, we found intelligent life, but we still haven't found ethical life.

'If the Sun doesn't explode in five billion years, do you realize how foolish we'll look?'

Planets in solar system form a New World Order.

The moon used to be a ghostly, unreachable companion in the night sky. Men and women would gaze at it at night, and its mystery would get them in the mood for lovin'. House of Java . Net Cybercafe. Then NASA had to go louse it all up by sending people there. It took decades of us giving up and abandoning the moon for it to start to seem untouchable again. Just last year, it finally regained its magic ... Then China went and landed on it. I still don't think you can sue China.

"Wow, it almost makes me feel as insignificant as an unpaid internship."

'Looking into the vastness of space makes me realize how insignificant you are.'

'...And the precise value of the Hubble constant is critical to the question of whether out universe will continue to expand forever, or...'

Why is there life on me? The first wonder of the world.

'It's so beautiful, yet fragile. Safe, yet vulnerable. More precious than any star in the heavens.'

Time-Space Convergence Ahead

The dark side of the moon

'I've always found the stars disappointingly small.'

Ken wandered home wondering what the lunar new year would bring. . . like every other man and his dog.

'They're colonizing Mars! Maybe you should write up a whole new set of rules for them!'

'I wonder if there's life as we know it...fleas...on other dogs.'

"My flight’s been delayed for the third time—whom do I punch in the face for that?"