Space Quotes

I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact.

Modern science says: 'The sun is the past, the earth is the present, the moon is the future.' From an incandescent mass we have originated, and into a frozen mass we shall turn. Merciless is the law of nature, and rapidly and irresistibly we are drawn to our doom.

The stars don't look bigger, but they do look brighter.

The Earth is the cradle of humanity, but mankind cannot stay in the cradle forever.

Hey sky, take off your hat, I'm on my way!

It takes a planet to explore the universe.

It's a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one's safety factor was determined by the lowest bidder on a government contract.

We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.

What we observe as material bodies and forces are nothing but shapes and variations in the structure of space.

After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want to see the manager.'

If we drive down the cost of transportation in space, we can do great things.

I said it's a cold universe and I don't mean that metaphorically. If you go out into space, it's cold. It's really cold and we don't know what's up there. We happen to be in this little pocket where there's a sun. What have we got except love and each other to guard against all that isolation and loneliness?

I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.

Everything has a natural explanation. The moon is not a god, but a great rock, and the sun a hot rock.

When you launch in a rocket, you're not really flying that rocket. You're just sort of hanging on.

The heart looks into space to be away from earth.

The rockets and the satellites, spaceships that we're creating now, we're pollinating the universe.

Astronauts are very professional and when they're preparing for launch, they prepare for it as the most serious endeavor of our lives.

Whenever I gaze up at the moon, I feel like I'm on a time machine. I am back to that precious pinpoint of time, standing on the foreboding - yet beautiful - Sea of Tranquility. I could see our shining blue planet Earth poised in the darkness of space.

According to String Theory, what appears to be empty space is actually a tumultuous ocean of strings vibrating at the precise frequencies that create the 4 dimensions you and I call height, width, depth and time.