“You can't really prepare yourself for being greeted by a dozen Klingons drinking blood wine. So, it can be a bit off-putting coming in from the outside. But it's great fun and there are no fans like Star Trek fans.” FunStarsBitsBloodFansWineDrinkingDozen Author:Jeri Ryan
“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. We are the laws of chemistry and physics as they have played out here on Earth and we are now learning that planets are as common as stars. Most stars, as it turns out now, will have planets.” YearsMadeHandsEarthLawTurnsLeftStarsCommonBloodPlanetsYears AgoPhysicsBillionsIronChemistryMoleculesStardustLeft Hand Author:Jill Tarter
“It is time to remind Sharon that the star of David belongs to all Jews, not to his repulsive Government. His actions are staining the star of David with blood. The Jewish people, whose gifts to civilised discourse include Einstein and Epstein, Mendelssohn and Mahler, Sergei Eisenstein and Billy Wilder, are now symbolised throughout the world by the blustering bully Ariel Sharon, a war criminal implicated in the murder of Palestinians at the Sabra and Shatila camps and now involved in killing Palestinians once again.” PeopleWorldWarGovernmentActionStarsBloodInvolvedMurderKillingJewCriminalsCampsPalestinianDiscourseBullyCivilisedArielWilderSharonMahlerMendelssohn Author:Gerald Kaufman
“The iron from that meteorite and the iron from your blood have common origin in the core of a star.” ScienceStarsCommonBloodCoreIron Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“All of the rocky and metallic material we stand on, the iron in our blood, the calcium in our teeth, the carbon in our genes were produced billions of years ago in the interior of a red giant star. We are made of star stuff.” YearsMadeStarsStuffBloodMaterialsRedYears AgoBillionsTeethGiantsIronGenesCarbonInteriorsMetallicCalcium Book:Carl Sagan's Cosmic Connection: An Extraterrestrial Perspective Source: Carl Sagan's Cosmic Connection: An Extraterrestrial Perspective
“In ancient days, men looked at stars and saw their heroes in the constellations. In modern times, we do much the same, but our heroes are epic men of flesh and blood.” MenStarsSawsBloodModernHeroMen And WomenAncientFleshEpicConstellationsFlesh And BloodModern Times Author:Richard M. Nixon
“We living things are a late outgrowth of the metabolism of our galaxy. The carbon that enters into our composition was cooked in a remote past in a dying star. The waters of ancient seas set the pattern of ions in our blood. The ancient atmospheres moulded our metabolism.” PastStarsWaterBloodSeaDyingLateAncientPatternsAtmosphereCompositionCarbonGalaxyLiving ThingsMetabolismIons Author:George Wald