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Space Quotes

Space means something different at every scale.

These space quotes cover a surprising range — screenwriters complaining about crowded cafe tables, a musician resisting being boxed into one sonic style, and an old joke about the outer-space program's tax-dollar value. For more on the physical world, see our Earth quotes.

As a young boy growing up on the South Side of Chicago, I was inspired by the nascent space age.

Quotes by John M. Grunsfeld

I have dedicated my life to answering the great scientific questions of our time and to the incredible adventure of space exploration.

Quotes by John M. Grunsfeld

All space exploration is risky. As an astronaut, I had to decide each and every time I went to space whether or not to risk my life for the mission.

Quotes by John M. Grunsfeld

There weren't any astronauts until I was about 10. Yuri Gagarin went into space right around my 10th birthday.

Quotes by John L. Phillips

In the 19th Century people were looking for the Northwest Passage. Ships were lost and brave people were killed, but that doesn't mean we never went back to that part of the world again, and I consider it the same...

Quotes by John L. Phillips

We're going to be focusing our science on things that will take us farther and longer into space. For many of those experiments, the crew members are human guinea pigs, which is fine; that's part of my job. I don't...

Quotes by John L. Phillips

I think it's going to be a very important, unique data set in terms of measuring the behavior of your lower body in space and trying to figure out what we can do to preserve bone and muscle density.

Quotes by John L. Phillips

The Space Shuttle will stop directly below the Space Station and Sergei and I will be looking out two different windows looking straight down at the Space Shuttle.

Quotes by John L. Phillips

Since the Columbia accident, the Russian space agency, or the Russian space program, has been literally carrying the load bringing us all the supplies we need on the Progress vehicle, smaller amounts on the Soyuz vehicles.

Quotes by John L. Phillips

Geological age plays the same part in our views of the duration of the universe as the Earth's orbital radius does in our views of the immensity of space.

Quotes by John Joly

I don't know what you could say about a day in which you have seen four beautiful sunsets.

Quotes by John Glenn

The most important thing we can do is inspire young minds and to advance the kind of science, math and technology education that will help youngsters take us to the next phase of space travel.

Quotes by John Glenn

The space station is the most unique laboratory we've ever built. The reason we have it is to do research on materials, people, medical matters, pharmaceuticals - the possibilities are nearly endless.

Quotes by John Glenn

An end of something means the beginning of something else, and I don't think that something else is going to be the death of the manned space program.

Quotes by John Glenn

I can't say I've ever had a dream about space or that I ponder it all the time.

Quotes by John Glenn

The time will come when we permit more people in space.

Quotes by John Glenn

As far as entertainment, 'The Right Stuff' is a good movie. As far as a documentary of the early space days, which they purported it to be, it is not at all.

Quotes by John Glenn

The best space movie in my view is 'Apollo 13.' That's just the way it happened.

Quotes by John Glenn

I am sorry to say that there is too much point to the wisecrack that life is extinct on other planets because their scientists were more advanced than ours.

Quotes by John F. Kennedy

America has tossed its cap over the wall of space.

Quotes by John F. Kennedy

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a witty quote about screenwriters taking up table space?
Yes, one quote pokes fun at the profession: "The dull externals of the screenwriter's working life are well known: We are the people taking up too much table space at cafes." For more reflections on everyday life, see our Life quotes.
Is there a quote about staying open to different musical spaces?
Yes, one quote says: "It's important to me to not stay too confined to any specific sonic space." It's a personal statement about not wanting to be boxed into one style. For more first-person reflections like this, see our Me quotes.
Is there a quote about the outer-space program and taxes?
Yes, one quote jokes: "There is just one thing I can promise you about the outer-space program - your tax-dollar will go further." If you'd rather stay grounded, our Earth quotes offer a different perspective.
Is there a quote about seeking a utopian kind of space?
Yes, one quote imagines something bigger: "Perhaps I seek certain utopian things, space for human honour and respect, landscapes not yet offended, planets that do not exist yet, dreamed landscapes."
Where can I find more quotes about things people enjoy or relate to?
Browse our Like quotes for more short, relatable lines on what people enjoy or gravitate toward.

Utopian and imaginative takes on space and landscape round things out here, alongside broader reflections on Life and Like quotes for related themes.