[simpson96]

A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon you’re talking real distances...

[ETL]

A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon you’re talking real distances...

And in terms of billions, they're of course referring here to light years, one light-year, the distance light travels in a year, at its ~constant speed of 186,000 miles per second, works to about 5.9 TRILLION miles.

[buckalfa]

"A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon you’re talking real distances..."

With apologies to Everett Dirksen of course.