William Gilbert Quotes

Right now I am a passenger on space vehicle Earth zooming about the Sun at 60,000 miles per hour somewhere in the solar system.

I could have gone on flying through space forever.

It's a brilliant surface in that sunlight. The horizon seems quite close to you because the curvature is so much more pronounced than here on earth. It's an interesting place to be. I recommend it.

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

Man must at all costs overcome the Earth's gravity and have, in reserve, the space at least of the Solar System.

Man must rise above the Earth -- to the top of the atmosphere and beyond -- for only thus will he fully understand the world in which he lives

When 'Apollo 13' appeared as an opportunity and I began to tackle that in as authentic a way as I possibly could, I really became enthralled by the philosophical side of space travel and why we need to explore - what it means to us here on Earth - all of those things. I became a huge proponent.

We have one planet in our solar system that's habitable, and that's the Earth, and space travel can transform things back here for the better. First of all, by just having people go to space and look back on this fragile planet we live on. People have come back transformed and have done fantastic things.

Here we were, the only seven humans in space, repairing a telescope whose only purpose is to enrich the minds of people on planet Earth and increase our understanding of the workings of the universe. I can think of no better peaceful use of space for all humankind.

Space travel benefits us here on Earth. And we ain't stopped yet. There's more exploration to come.

Doing a space walk. It is one of the most rare human experiences. To leave your spaceship and go outside, so that you are alone in the universe with Earth distant and the universe around you. That is amazing.

And we're just all made of molecules and we're hurtling through space right now.

The most breathtaking thing about being in space is actually looking back at the Earth.

We're not sane enough yet to enter space until we learn to live together in peace on Earth.

I left Earth three times and found no other place to go. Please take care of Spaceship Earth.

When I first looked back at the Earth, standing on the Moon I cried

I can't think that leaving Earth once is enough.

Since the day man first tried to conquer space, the earth has been mobilizing.

When I orbited the Earth in a spaceship, I saw for the first time how beautiful our planet is. Mankind, let us preserve and increase this beauty, and not destroy it!

Glenn must think he's still in space. He's orbiting the issues faster than he orbited earth.

If somebody'd said before the flight, 'Are you going to get carried away looking at the Earth from the Moon?' I would have say, 'No, no way.' But yet when I first looked back at the Earth, standing on the Moon, I cried.

Oh, my. I'd forgotten how much I hate space travel.

Training was very extensive, and we dealt with many recoveries from emergencies, and fortunately, participating and observing and existing through the reality of space was a once-in-a-lifetime experience and it was not marred by unexpected hazards or catastrophes.

The vast loneliness is awe-inspiring and it makes you realize just what you have back there on Earth.

One of the things that everybody knows about space travel but never mentions is its aphrodisiac quality.