The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn't have a space program. And if we become extinct because we don't have a space program, it'll serve us right!
恐龙灭绝是因为它们没有太空计划。如果我们因为没有太空计划而灭绝，那是我们活该！
"I think the job of the novelist is to make the familiar strange and the strange familiar."
"The only thing that is truly timeless is the human story."
人性中的道德感是一种义务，而我们则必须赋予灵魂以美感。
"We are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity has ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further."
我们站在巨人的肩膀上，他们首先将地球想象为一个动态系统。
如果人类不能在我有生之年登陆火星，我将会非常失望。