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Galaxy Quotes

Thinking bigger than just one star.

These galaxy quotes mix hard Astronomy, like evidence of non-luminous matter beyond what we can see, with the poetic idea that every person forms their own galaxy, a separate entity worth understanding on its own terms.

All of the stars rotate, have orbits around the center of the galaxy, and most of them go around the center of the galaxy in nearly circular orbits. They vary a little bit from circular, but they're predominantly circular.

Quotes by Nancy Roman

We know too little about how life began on Earth to lay confident odds. It may have involved a fluke so rare that it happened only once in the entire galaxy. On the other hand, it may have been almost...

Quotes by Martin Rees

Lionel Messi is not human. He is from another galaxy.

Quotes by Kevin-Prince Boateng

'Guardians Of The Galaxy' was, as 'Ant-Man' was, just fun, in terms of expanding this universe. We always say, how can we keep audiences surprise at what an MCU film can be?

Quotes by Kevin Feige

'Galaxy Quest' is a fantastic film.

Quotes by Julian Barratt

I've always thought that we, as human beings, would be naive and arrogant to pretend that we're the only life form in the galaxy.

Quotes by Jonathan Frakes

We live in a modest system, a galaxy called the Milky Way. If we named every star in the Milky Way and put them in the Hollywood telephone directory and stacked those telephone directories up, we'd have a pile of...

Quotes by John Rhys-Davies

Earlier generations of stars in the galaxy could well have had planets. But really, there was only hydrogen and helium to work with, so they'd all be gas giants and not small, rocky planets.

Quotes by Jill Tarter

If you take a galaxy and try to make it bigger, it becomes a cluster of galaxies, not a galaxy. If you try to make it smaller than that, it seems to blow itself apart.

Quotes by Jeremiah P. Ostriker

Writing 'William Shakespeare's Star Wars' was a fun exercise in mixing just the right amount of the Bard with just the right amount of everyone's favorite galaxy far, far away.

Quotes by Ian Doescher

Perhaps two million years ago the creatures of a planet in some remote galaxy faced a musical crisis similar to that which we earthly composers face today.

Quotes by George Crumb

However alert we are, antiquity remains an unknown, unanticipated galaxy.

Quotes by Donald Hall

We're electrical items and when we die the electricity goes somewhere else. When we die our energy goes into the galaxy.

Quotes by Dominic Monaghan

The priceless galaxy of misinformation called the mind.

Quotes by Djuna Barnes

I'd wanted to become a doctor and couldn't - yet became the best known doctor in the galaxy.

Quotes by DeForest Kelley

The first science fiction show on television was 'Tales Of Tomorrow' using scripts from the radio show 'X-1' which used stories from 'Galaxy Magazine' as its source material.

Quotes by David Gerrold

A typical neuron makes about ten thousand connections to neighboring neurons. Given the billions of neurons, this means there are as many connections in a single cubic centimeter of brain tissue as there are stars in the Milky Way galaxy.

Quotes by David Eagleman

We inhabit an obscure planet, in an obscure galaxy, around an obscure sun, but on the other hand, modern human society represents one of the most complex things we know.

Quotes by David Christian

The people I still talk to are some of the old Galaxy players all over the place. That's a bond that's pretty special.

Quotes by Cobi Jones

As you'll find in 'Guardians of the Galaxy 2,' I'm not actually a space alien.

Quotes by Chris Sullivan

Frequently Asked Questions

Are these galaxy quotes about science or something more personal?
Both. Some describe real astronomical ideas like non-luminous matter and orbital patterns, while others use 'galaxy' as a metaphor for individuality.
What's the metaphorical meaning of galaxy in this collection?
One line suggests every person is essentially their own galaxy, a separate entity worth understanding fully on its own terms, not compared to others.
Is there a quote about ambition using this theme?
Yes, one speaker describes always seeing themselves as a single star but wanting to grow into something as vast and significant as an entire galaxy.
What real astronomy appears in these quotes?
One line touches on stars orbiting near a galaxy's center in mostly circular paths, grounding the collection in genuine scientific observation.
Where can I explore more cosmic-themed quotes?
Our Stars and Space collections both extend naturally from this set for readers drawn to astronomical themes.

One speaker even describes wanting to grow from a single star into an entire galaxy, ambition on a cosmic scale; browse our Space and Stars quotes for more.