Quotes about moon
moon people lasts
Never say [to younger people] "that was before your time," because the last full moon was before their time! Bill Cosby
moon civilization space
A single message from space will show that it is possible to live through technological adolescence. . . . It is possible that the future of human civilization depends on the receipt of interstellar messages. Carl Sagan
moon extraterrestrial star-gazing
In the deepest sense the search for extraterrestrial intelligence is a search for ourselves. Carl Sagan
moon touching
I think aggressively touching the Moon is an understatement. Scott Horowitz
moon people earth
...the debate among the scientists if over. There is no more debate. We face a planetary emergency. There is no more scientific debate among serious people who've looked at the science...Well, I guess in some quarters, there's still a debate over whether the moon landing was staged in a movie lot in Arizona, or whether the Earth is flat instead of round. Al Gore
moon thinking people
The debate's over. The people who dispute the international consensus on global warming are in the same category now with the people who think the moon landing was staged on a movie lot in Arizona. Al Gore
moon thinking people
If the people that believed the moon landing was staged on a movie lot had access to unlimited money from large carbon polluters or some other special interest who wanted to confuse people into thinking that the moon landing didn't take place, I'm sure we'd have a robust debate about it right now. Al Gore
moon snakes space
To use a Southern euphemism, our space program has been snake-bit. Al Gore
moon light depth
Poetry is a sequence of dots and dashes, spelling depths, crypts, cross-lights, and moon wisps. Carl Sandburg
moon frogs golden
POETRY: A sliver of the moon lost in the belly of a golden frog. Carl Sandburg
moon full-moon lonesome
The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to. Carl Sandburg
moon dollars use
I don't see anything beneficial about the US spending 100 billion dollars to go back to the moon unless we learn something new that will help us go to the moons of Saturn okay and so we ought to use that to breed new breakthroughs and to test new breakthroughs and to fund it. Burt Rutan
moon new-moon
We'll go back to the moon by not learning anything new. Burt Rutan
moon oil giving
It's amazing how people can get so excited about a rocket to the moon and not give a damn about smog, oil leaks, the devastation of the environment with pesticides, hunger, disease. When the poor share some of the power that the affluent now monopolize, we will give a damn. Cesar Chavez
moon paper brown
It is a moon wrapped in brown paper. Carol Ann Duffy
moon men light
At the beginning of human history, as we struggled to light fires and to chisel fallen trees into rudimentary canoes, who could have predicted that long after we had managed to send men to the moon and areoplanes to Australasia, we would still have such trouble knowing how to tolerate ourselves, forgive our loved ones, and apologise for our tantrums? Alain de Botton
moon thinking perspective
When you look at the Moon, you think, ‘I’m really small. What are my problems?’ It sets things into perspective. We should all look at the Moon a bit more often. Alain de Botton
moon wings imagination
The bird Imagination, That flies so far, that dies so soon; Her wings are colored like the sun, Her breast is colored like the moon. Elinor Wylie
moon ideas energy
If all the ineffective ideas for solving the energy crisis were laid end to end, they would reach to the moon and back David J. C. MacKay
moon trying rifles
When you're attacking a router on the internet, and you're doing it remotely, it's like trying to shoot the moon with a rifle. Everything has to happen exactly right. Every single variable has to be controlled and precisely accounted for. And that's not possible to do when you have limited knowledge of the target you're attacking. Edward Snowden
moon earth sun
The diameter of the earth is greater than the diameter of the moon and the diameter of the sun is greater than the diameter of the earth. Archimedes
moon dying earth
Around, around the sun we go: The moon goes round the earth. We do not die of death: We die of vertigo. Archibald MacLeish
moon space world
Point-to-point transit via low orbit could dramatically speed up international flights, connecting the world even further. And safe, consistent space travel opens up the possibility of commercial space stations, trips to the moon and exploration beyond. Ben Parr
moon technology space
The big reason why we don't have space colonies and regular trips to the moon is that flying into outer space is just plain 'hard.' The business of safely transporting people off the Earth is a costly affair that requires a lot of technology. Ben Parr
moon blue giving
If my setting is new to a reader, or the concerns of the novel are new, I hope they will learn something about the world. I would like to say that they can trust that what they do learn in the novel will be accurate, because I pay a lot of attention to facts. I do a lot of research to make sure that I'm not giving them, you know, blue moons of Jupiter. It's not science fiction. Barbara Kingsolver
moon years feet
It feels strange to me to be living in a box, hiding from the steadying influence of the moon; wearing the hide of a cow, which is supposed to be dyed to match God-knows-what, on my feet; making promises over the telephone about things I will do at a precise hour next year. Barbara Kingsolver
moon sea shine-on
I am like a moon that shines on an immense, unknown sea where ships never pass Auguste Rodin
moon thinking perspective
Another way to think of this is there are now 6.8 billion people on this planet, and half of them weren't even born when we went to the moon, and so they don't have the perspective. Edgar Mitchell
moon space earth
We went to the Moon as technicians; we returned as humanitarians. Edgar Mitchell
moon space earth
When I went to the moon I was a pragmatic test pilot. But when I saw the planet Earth floating in the vastness of space the presence of divinity became almost palpable and I knew that life in the universe was not just an accident. Edgar Mitchell
moon night turtles
Hear the mellow wedding bells, Golden bells! What a world of happiness their harmony foretells Through the balmy air of night How they ring out their delight! From the molten golden notes, And all in tune What a liquid ditty floats To the turtle-dove that listens while she gloats On the moon! Edgar Allan Poe
moon mountain shadow
Over the Mountains Of the Moon, Down the Valley of the Shadow, Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied,- "If you seek for Eldorado. Edgar Allan Poe
moon color feet
...And, all at once, the moon arouse through the thin ghastly mist, And was crimson in color... And they lynx which dwelleth forever in the tomb, came out therefrom. And lay down at the feet of the demon. And looked at him steadily in the face. Edgar Allan Poe