Sunita Williams Quotes

People are fascinated about the world above them because it seems so out-of-reach.

Space has always fascinated me. As a young boy looking up at the stars, I found it impossible to resist thinking what was out there and if I ever would experience space first-hand.

I've always been interested in space and the idea of exploration in that area since I was a child growing up through the '60s.

I study the universe. It's the second oldest profession. People have been looking up for a long time.

I could have gone on flying through space forever.

You cannot look up at the night sky on the Planet Earth and not wonder what it's like to be up there amongst the stars. And I always look up at the moon and see it as the single most romantic place within the cosmos.

The sky above us is something we have very little control of, and the space beyond is something we don't completely understand.

Inner space is so much more interesting, because outer space is so empty.

Space is an inspirational concept that allows you to dream big.

My biggest love is still planets and stars. If I hadn't become an artist, I'd be an astronomer because I still love it so much.

America's love affair with traveling into outer space is deeply entrenched.

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.

I'm really into space. When I was four years old, I used to pray to the stars and look at the moon.

Space is really domain expansion.

I'll never be done with space. I will always be involved.

We're in space and space is the place!

If you want poets in space, you'll have to wait.

I was interested in telescopes and the way they worked because I had an intense desire to see what things looked like, so I learned how to use telescopes and find things in the sky.

When you gaze at stars and think about planets, the places it takes your imagination are amazing! You look up the sky, and you know the stars have always been here; they were referenced in biblical times and have always been present. They are somewhere up there in the future, and they guide you; they make you feel safe.

I want Carl Sagan to explain the sky to me.

We must still think of ourselves as pioneers to understand the importance of space.

We're just one rock surrounded by this immense universe.

The universe is a big place, perhaps the biggest.

And so we came forth, and once again beheld the stars.

There are improbable things suspended in space, like the earth.