Quotes About Exploration

Dressed for the minus-thirty-degree temperatures at high altitude (wool underwear, two pairs of wool socks, a wool sweater, a brown leather jacket lined with sheep's wool, and heavy trousers), Roane crossed the cold, fog-ridden airfield and gathered with the other pilots and aircrews in the huge Nissen hut used for briefings.

See, the world is full of things more powerful than us. But if you know how to catch a ride, you can go places

Astronomers always work in the past; because light takes time to move from one place to another, they see things as they were, not as they are.

Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.

This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.

In much of society, research means to investigate something you do not know or understand.

I think we're going to the moon because it's in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It's by the nature of his deep inner soul... we're required to do these things just as salmon swim upstream.

Houston, uh, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.

Liftoff! We have a liftoff...

One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind

That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.

That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind

Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed.

That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind. 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.

Each book holds an experience and an adventure." [ Letters of Note ; Troy (MI, USA) Public Library, 1971]

Research is creating new knowledge.

One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.

The journey to significance starts with the mere willingness to surrender the status quo and take the first step of faith into the adventure.

How much would you pay to launch our economy? How much would you pay for the universe?

There is no greater education than one that is self-driven.

My view is that if your philosophy is not unsettled daily then you are blind to all the universe has to offer.

We are stardust brought to life, then empowered by the universe to figure itself out—and we have only just begun.

Kids are never the problem. They are born scientists. The problem is always the adults. They beat the curiosity out of kids. They outnumber kids. They vote. They wield resources. That's why my public focus is primarily adults.

Sleep my little baby-oh Sleep until you waken When you wake you'll see the world If I'm not mistaken... Kiss a lover Dance a measure, Find your name And buried treasure... Face your life Its pain, Its pleasure, Leave no path untaken.