39 Movie Quotes about Astronomy (+ Sound Clips) - page 3

Updated: Mar 29, 2026

Memorable quotes about astronomy, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

21 The Sun is the Sun! I can see where it is! -Where it was, pipsqueak! Any school boy knows that light travels at 186300 miles per second. What you see is the Sun's position eight and a half minutes ago.

James Earl Jones as Ommadon in The Flight of Dragons (1982)

22 A new star is born, a planet even.

Daws Butler as Snagglepuss in Snagglepuss (1961)

23 It's lunaristic!

Tiffany Darwish as Judy Jetson in Jetsons: The Movie (1990)

24 Well, isn't this a small galaxy?

George O'Hanlon as George Jetson in Jetsons: The Movie (1990)

25 Yes! Beautiful stars better see!

Tim Blaney as Number 5 The Robot in Short Circuit (1986)

26 Now, Jim, that be Polaris, the North Star. Even in the China Sea, that's north. -North. Polaris. -Uh-huh.

Tim Curry as Long John Silver in Muppet Treasure Island

27 Astronomy is more than mere fun. It helps give us a sense of proportion. Reminds us how little we are really. People tend to forget that sometimes.

Adam West as Batman in Batman (1966)

28 Man, look. Do I believe in God? Yeah, I guess I do. How else can you have the sun, the moon and the stars and _ like that?

Cuba Gooding Jr. as Tre Styles in Boyz n the Hood

29 And we have developed our modern system of astronomy from the Greeks. Who, as you know, were very poor scholars.

Zero Mostel as Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

30 Both these bodies are coming into our solar system. If Bronson's readings are correct, they will destroy the Earth.

Larry Keating as Dr. Cole Hendron in When Worlds Collide (1951)