James Lovelock Quotes

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.

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

Space exploration is a force of nature unto itself that no other force in society can rival.

Anything that stimulates the public's imagination about the nobility and the importance of space exploration is something that I'm very excited to be a part of.

I believe in the importance of flying in space and the research that we do.

I think that space exploration as a broad activity is the most important things that humans can do. I've always found it fascinating, interesting, compelling, and I have a drive to go out into space.

I've always been interested in the idea of space exploration. When I was younger it was just a dream, but the theory of rockets being able to travel through space was very much alive. I found it very exciting.

I watched the moon landing as a boy, and I thought that was the most exciting thing ever, going into space, orbiting Earth and exploring other planets. That looked fantastic.

In spite of the opinions of certain narrow-minded people, who would shut up the human race upon this globe, as within some magic circle it must never outstep, we shall one day travel to the moon, the planets, and the stars, with the same facility, rapidity, and certainty as we now make the voyage from Liverpool to New York!

For NASA, space is still a high priority.

There is just one thing I can promise you about the outer-space program - your tax-dollar will go further.

Space isn't remote at all. It's only an hour's drive away if your car could go straight upwards.

Man will not always stay on Earth; the pursuit of light and space will lead him to penetrate the bounds of the atmosphere, timidly at first, but in the end to conquer the whole of solar space.

The future of the human face is space exploration.

I've always been a fan of space exploration, and I filled our entire office with space artifacts.

Seeing a full display of humanity involved in space is a game-changer for everyone. We've all looked at the stars; we've all imagined what was going on. Not everyone wants to go, but everyone wants to know what it's like.

So much had already been done in space before that, it had all been documented and there were no real surprises in store for us.

In order to be stimulated or moved in the future, we probably have to go into space and look at our world from there.

Our journey in going beyond our home planet is a human endeavor, and in the greatest tradition of exploration, past, present, and future spacefarers will continue to be enduring catalysts for inspiration in our quest to unravel the mysteries of the universe.

Absolutely the most fun thing to do in space and rewarding thing, in many ways, is to look back at planet Earth.

Looking down the road, space exploration and the benefits it yields - in medicine and information technology - should not be overlooked.

After being once in space, I was keen to go back there. But it didn't happen.

NASA is an utterly fascinating place, and the fact that the buildings look so anonymous almost makes it more fascinating. You walk by a generic office-park-looking building, and you have no idea what's going on inside.

I've been lucky enough to fly to space twice.

To me, NASA is kind of the magical kingdom. I was sort of a geek, and you go there, and there are just these wondrously strange things and people.