“We are made out of stardust. The iron in the hemoglobin molecules in t...” — Jill Tarter Quote

We are made out of stardust. The iron in the hemoglobin molecules in the blood in your right hand came from a star that blew up 8 billion years ago. The iron in your left hand came from another star.

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.

Our television transmitters leak out from the Earth. And actually, there's a sphere surrounding the Earth from the earliest television signals, maybe 70 years ago, that's going out one light year per year. But it's really weak.

Ultimately, we actually all belong to only one tribe, to Earthlings.

If you have $1 billion, you can use the Clinton Foundation as a conduit, and as it goes by, Clinton gives it his prestige.

I voted with most of my colleagues in the U.S. House to reject a farm bill that would have cut $20 billion from the SNAP program.

Funny is funny, and it can come in 8 billion different shades and flavors, so I think it's silly to kind of limit it.

A unicorn is a community that's positively impacted the lives of a billion people.

So if you want to know how Exxon Mobil can make $10 billion profit in 90 days, just look around. The whole world was built for them.