Alan Watts Quotes

I'll tell you, being involved in human space flight, it is an emotional endeavor. I think it brings in the highest highs and the lowest lows.

Making a moonshot is almost more an exercise in creativity than it is in technology.

Almost everything worthwhile carries with it some sort of risk, whether it's starting a new business, whether it's leaving home, whether it's getting married, or whether it's flying in space.

We were very scared. Going to America was almost like going to the moon.

I feel like when there's more on the line and there's more risks, that means there's more reward.

I think the curiosity of mankind, that we want something unknown. Like, 500 years ago, humankind wanted to know what the other side of the ocean is, and it was a very risky project, and then we decided that probably we can fly; let's fly higher. And now we're flying space station, and still it's not enough for us: we want to know what's beyond.

There is something addictive in space that makes you want to go back - like the mountain climbers who want to go back to the Himalayas although their fingers were cut by frostbite.

Exploration of space is worth it because humans need to explore. Knowledge is always good, and it's a really cool thing to see.

If I ever feel that this is dangerous or I'm scared of it, then that probably draws me more towards it.

Any time you risk big you often risk losing big. You can win big but you can also lose big, but you have to be willing to take those risks.

One doesn't accept bad challenges. Part of it is always the risk-taking without seeing that the risks are rational and the rewards are commensurate.. are more than commensurate.. with the risks.

There is the risk you cannot afford to take, and there is the risk you cannot afford not to take.

Without pain, without sacrifice we would have nothing. Like the first monkey shot into space.

Focus on what you want to do, don't be scared to try stuff. You only live once. You gotta take risks at times

All inquiries carry with them some element of risk.

Imagine living your life without being afraid to take a risk and to explore life.

If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine; it is lethal.

Being with him made her feel as though her soul had escaped from the narrow confines of her island country into the vast, extravagant spaces of his. He made her feel as though the world belonged to them- as though it lay before them like an opened frog on a dissecting table, begging to be examined.

[A] theory is a very dangerous thing to have.

Those who take risks walk the high wire with no fear of falling.

Even those who venture to dip a toe in the pond of risk never allow themselves to get used to the water.

We crave explanations for most everything, but innovation and progress happen when we allow ourselves to embrace uncertainty.

Like Magellan, let us find our islands To die in, far from home, from anywhere Familiar. Let us risk the wildest places, Lest we go down in comfort, and despair.

I think this is the greatest and best country in all the world, with its great sunlit spaces and its long long roads, and best of all the roads that are not made yet, and the stories that no one has told because they are too busy living them.

Security isn't what the wise person looks for - it's opportunity.