The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger than it really is.Kahlil Gibran
I have steadily endeavoured to keep my mind free so as to give up any hypothesis, however much beloved (and I cannot resist forming one on every subject), as soon as facts are shown to be opposed to it.Charles Darwin
My mind seems to have become a kind of machine for grinding general laws out of large collections of facts.Charles Darwin
On the ordinary view of each species having been independently created, we gain no scientific explanation.Charles Darwin
I distracted myself from the fear and terrorism by thinking about things like how the universe began and whether time travel is possible.Malala Yousafzai
We have one planet in our solar system that's habitable, and that's the Earth, and space travel can transform things back here for the better. First of all, by just having people go to space and look back on this fragile planet we live on. People have come back transformed and have done fantastic things.Richard Branson
I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world.Richard Dawkins
I can remember at the age of about six being fascinated by the planets and learning all about Mars and Venus and things.Richard Dawkins