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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.

For years, I longed to hear Armstrong describe what it was like to contemplate Earth from 238,900 miles away. Former Space Center director George Abbey once told me that many NASA astronauts felt that looking at Earth was akin to...

Quotes by Douglas Brinkley

Having recorded his first album, 'Tapestry,' in 1969, in Berkeley, California, during the student riots, McLean, a native New Yorker, became a kind of weather vane for what he called the 'generation lost in space.'

Quotes by Douglas Brinkley

One of the core reasons for creating 'Station to Station' was to provide a space for exploration and cultural friction between different mediums. It should be natural for mediums like music, film and art to cross over, and we wanted...

Quotes by Doug Aitken

My office has two buildings that function like the right and left sides of the brain. There's a room where everything is being edited for an upcoming project, but you can pull out of that into a tranquil space to...

Quotes by Doug Aitken

Space or science fiction has become a dialect for our time.

Quotes by Doris Lessing

My particular space has always been quite unique in popular music. I have a background in R&B and hard rock and straight pop, but I never went all the way with any of those genres.

Quotes by Donovan

I love building spaces: architecture, furniture, all of it, probably more than fashion. The development procedure is more tactile. It's about space and form and it's something you can share with other people.

Quotes by Donna Karan

Once solved, the severe handicaps imposed on space exploration by the weight and chemical limitations of rockets would no longer apply. The whole timetable of our conquest of the planets in our solar system would be tremendously speeded up, from...

Quotes by Donald A. Wollheim

The years of space flight since the orbiting of Sputnik I back in 1957 had produced many fascinating results, but they had also brought a realization of the many problems that surrounded the use of rockets for space flight.

Quotes by Donald A. Wollheim

I miss Dia. In the early '80s I was a guard at one of Dia's facilities in SoHo, and I'm sad that they closed their Chelsea space.

Quotes by Donald Baechler

My two primary areas of focus have been open-space conservation and education, and I expect those to remain my priorities in the future. The Irvine open space and parklands provide serenity and balance to our unique Orange County lifestyle.

Quotes by Donald Bren

When I first joined the Irvine Company, I realized that less than 11,000 acres were designated as open space in the original master plan, and that just didn't seem adequate to me. So, I began the lengthy process working with...

Quotes by Donald Bren

My ultimate dream is for the Irvine Ranch to be known and celebrated as much for the outstanding communities we've planned and built as it is for what is not developed. The beneficiary being the 50,000 acres of undeveloped land...

Quotes by Donald Bren

Sorry; I have no space left for advice. Just do it.

Quotes by Donald E. Westlake

I used to get quite upset that I'd make friends with a guy or a girl and then within the space of three years we'd move and go and live somewhere else, and you'd have to say goodbye to that...

Quotes by Dominic Monaghan

That's the most important thing for me, that when I use my qualities in this way and coming to the ball, it creates more space to be creative. I need to make these runs and be generous.

Quotes by Divock Origi

As long as there is a new twist in the storyline, there cannot be any space for monotony.

Quotes by Divyanka Tripathi

The space genre is timeless.

Quotes by Dirk Benedict

The question we ask is - if there is life on other planets, should we expect it to be based on the same molecules, i.e. be universal - or should we expect it to depend on the local conditions, i.e....

Quotes by Dimitar Sasselov

Yes, people do come across the street to say hi, but as they approach and get near, my perception of space begins to dissolve, and a new interest takes over that is primarily emotional, and with it comes a desire...

Quotes by Diego Giacometti

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.