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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.

If I hadn't been inside of Biosphere 2 and really lived a biological life-support system, I definitely would not be involved in life-support systems for space.

Quotes by Jane Poynter

Because there is that sort of feeling that people don't know what to do with gaps in their lives. It's a scary notion, but actually, if you can stand in space just for a little while, a new door will...

Quotes by Jane Campion

Growing up in Chadds Ford, Pa., I shuttled between studio space in my parents' house and my grandfather's studio just up the hill. It was a solitary childhood, but I loved it.

Quotes by Jamie Wyeth

My father was a great inspiration, and there was a bit of competition between us. He'd work in his studio, and I'd work in my space, but the door was always half open.

Quotes by Jamie Wyeth

We have spent billions to go to the moon - we go to this lesser satellite called the moon and say we are in space, but we are in space right now; we just don't feel ourselves to be in...

Quotes by James Turrell

Generally, we use light to illuminate other things. I like the thingness, the materiality of light itself. So it feels like it's occupying the space, making a plane, being something that was there, not just passing through. Because light is...

Quotes by James Turrell

I've always been interested in arrival, and coming to a space, and even to looking back at where you were.

Quotes by James Turrell

We'd never have got a chance to go outside and look at the earth if it hadn't been for space exploration and NASA.

Quotes by James Lovelock

I like playing in the later stages of games because there is more space when everybody's legs are tired.

Quotes by James Maddison

The abstract analysis of the world by mathematics and physics rests on the concepts of space and time.

Quotes by James J. Gibson

Psychology is still trying to explain the perception of the position of an object in space, along with its shape, size, and so on, and to understand the sensations of color.

Quotes by James J. Gibson

Put three grains of sand inside a vast cathedral, and the cathedral will be more closely packed with sand than space is with stars.

Quotes by James Jeans

The only reason I'm an actor is that a lady pulled out of a parking space in front of a producer's office.

Quotes by James Garner

I wrote a 20-page document, before I was ever hired, on exactly how the visuals of 'Guardians of the Galaxy' would be approached, how we'd look at creating a new type of space epic. That's exactly what the movie is...

Quotes by James Gunn

This is what rhyme does. In a couplet, the first rhyme is like a question to which the second rhyme is an answer. The first rhyme leaves something in the air, some unanswered business. In most quatrains, space is created...

Quotes by James Fenton

Don't ever let the other stuff get in the way of your inherent skills as a kick-butt storyteller. Move the reader, make them happy and sad and excited and scared. Make them stare into space after they've put the book...

Quotes by James Dashner

It's very difficult in the technology space when you have been leapfrogged to prosper again.

Quotes by James Chanos

There's almost 70 billion in square feet under construction in high rises in commercial, residential and light manufacturing. And we estimate about 30 billion square feet, and that's with a 'B,' is commercial, that we would just consider office space....

Quotes by James Chanos

The number one foreign policy goal of Russia is control of the former Soviet space.

Quotes by James Clapper

Amazon deliberately provides cafeteria space for only a third of its employees, which encourages people to venture out of the office.

Quotes by James B. Stewart

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.