Quotes About Exploration

I was no stranger to risk myself, having made documentaries in dangerous conditions in Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Africa.

Everybody is just a stranger, but that's the danger in going my own way.

From my point of view, 'Stranger in a Strange Land' isn't just a science fiction masterpiece; it also happens to be one of my favorite books ever.

Ewan McGregor and I ate a lot of strange things on our motorcycle journey around the world, but the strangest had to be a meal we had in Mongolia.

The strangest thing I've found is that when I got to space, I felt more comfortable in space that I've ever been on Earth before. I just felt this is my home.

I'd like to have a perfect sense of direction. I could get lost with a GPS strapped to my arm.

I would like to be strapped to a giant rocket and fired into the heart of the sun.

Giving voice to marginalised characters is extremely important to me. I want to explore the pain of disenfranchisement, the social strata and boundaries we create and how to make them more permeable.

Ten rules of thumb are still a lot for anyone to remember, so perhaps I should try to make things simpler. I realize that these suggestions have a common thread—a golden rule, if you like. Be curious.

To the discovered, the discoverer can be a god.

How are things on the edge of space?

It's still a great time for adventurers.

I am the Chasm. I have depths to explore and fill. - Dalien Brock

They could draw many parallels between dolphins and Xenomorphs.

By sniffing and licking anything that oozed from trees, colonial botanists found that Australia abounded in interesting exudates.

Repetition opens doors, you know?

Yes, risk-taking is inherently failure-prone. Otherwise, it would be called sure-thing taking.

With books at least, the best experiences are not when you find what you were looking for, but when something quite different finds you, takes you by surprise, shifts your tastes to new territory.

The purpose of reading is not to pass some final judgement on the text, but to engage with what it has to offer to me now.

At the Parliamentary level Collins privately explored every avenue open to him to bring down the Northern Administration.

Life in orbit is spectacular

The Spoonsize Boys steal the dollhouse toys while the cat by the fire is curled. Then away they floats in their eggshell boats, down the drains to their underground world.

Contrails. Also helicopters. Skydivers. Basically everything

Come have a drink with me?" "Isn't it early for that?" Callie shrugged. "We have a saying: 'It's always five o'clock in space.