That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.
—Neil Armstrong (1930–2012) American Astronaut
It’s only during an eclipse that the Man in the Moon has a place in the sun.
—Unknown
Time and space are modes by which we think and not conditions in which we live.
—Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born Physicist
Interestingly, according to modern astronomers, space is finite. This is a very comforting thought—particularly for people who can never remember where they have left things.
—Woody Allen (b.1935) American Film Actor, Director
Until they come to see us from their planet, I wait patiently. I hear them saying: Don’t call us, we’ll call you.
—Marlene Dietrich (1901–92) German-American Film Actress, Cabaret Performer
The universe, as far as we can observe it, is a wonderful and immense engine…. If we dramatize its life and conceive its spirit, we are filled with wonder, terror and amusement, so magnificent is the spirit.
—George Santayana (1863–1952) Spanish-American Poet, Philosopher
The sky is no longer the limit.
—Richard Nixon (1913–94) American Head of State, Lawyer
Space is big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it’s a long way down the road to the drug store, but that’s just peanuts to space.
—Douglas Adams (1952–2001) English Novelist, Scriptwriter
When I consider the short duration of my life, swallowed up in the eternity before and after, the little space which I fill and even can see, engulfed in the infinite immensity of spaces of which I am ignorant and which know me not, I am frightened and am astonished at being here rather than there; for there is no reason why here rather than there, why now rather than then… The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me.
—Blaise Pascal (1623–62) French Mathematician, Physicist, Theologian
Space is the stature of God.
—Joseph Joubert (1754–1824) French Writer, Moralist
Our passionate preoccupation with the sky, the stars, and a God somewhere in outer space is a homing impulse. We are drawn back to where we came from.
—Eric Hoffer (1902–83) American Philosopher, Author
From a short-sided view, the whole moving contents of the heavens seemed to them a parcel of stones, earth and other soul-less bodies, though they furnish the sources of the world order.
—Plato (428 BCE–347 BCE) Greek Philosopher, Mathematician, Educator
Darkness is to space what silence is to sound, i.e., the interval.
—Marshall Mcluhan (1911–80) Canadian Writer, Thinker, Educator
Let there be spaces in your togetherness.
—Kahlil Gibran (1883–1931) Lebanese-American Philosopher, Poet, Sculptor
Acoustic space has the basic character of a sphere whose focus or centre is simultaneously everywhere and whose margin is nowhere.
—Marshall Mcluhan (1911–80) Canadian Writer, Thinker, Educator
It was a thunderingly beautiful experience—voluptuous, sexual, dangerous, and expensive as hell.
—Kurt Vonnegut (1922–2007) American Novelist, Short Story Writer
No matter how vast, how total, the failure of man here on earth, the work of man will be resumed elsewhere. War leaders talk of resuming operations on this front and that, but man’s front embraces the whole universe.
—Henry Miller (1891–1980) American Novelist
There is a space between man’s imagination and man’s attainment that may only be traversed by his longing.
—Kahlil Gibran (1883–1931) Lebanese-American Philosopher, Poet, Sculptor
It is only in the world of objects that we have time and space and selves.
—T. S. Eliot (1888–1965) American-British Poet, Dramatist, Literary Critic
The moon and other celestial bodies should be free for exploration and use by all countries. No country should be permitted to advance a claim of sovereignty.
—Lyndon B. Johnson (1908–73) American Head of State, Political leader
Love is space and time measured by the heart.
—Marcel Proust (1871–1922) French Novelist
It is good to renew one’s wonder, said the philosopher.
Space travel has again made children of us all.
—Ray Bradbury (b.1920) American Novelist, Short Story Writer
Don’t tell me that man doesn’t belong out there. Man belongs wherever he wants to go—and he’ll do plenty well when he gets there.
—Wernher von Braun (1912–77) American Aerospace Engineer
The creative conquest of space will serve as a wonderful substitute for war.
—James S. McDonnell (1899–1980) American Engineer, Entrepreneur
Space is the breath of art.
—Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959) American Architect
Our ancestors worshipped the Sun, and they were not that foolish.
It makes sense to revere the Sun and the stars, for we are their children.
—Carl Sagan (1934–96) American Astronomer
The question that will decide our destiny is not whether we shall expand into space. It is: shall we be one species or a million? A million species will not exhaust the ecological niches that are awaiting the arrival of intelligence.
—Freeman Dyson (1923–2020) American Theoretical Physicist, Author
Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
—Democritus (c.460–c.370 BCE) Ancient Greek Philosopher
It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn’t feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.
—Neil Armstrong (1930–2012) American Astronaut
For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.
—Laozi (fl.6th Century BCE) Chinese Philosopher, Sage
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