- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Inspirational
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- Nov 07, 2020
We've been surrounded by images of space our whole lives, from the speculative images of science fiction to the inspirational visions of artists to the increasingly beautiful pictures made possible by complex technologies. But whilst we have an overwhelmingly vivid visual understanding of space, we have no sense of what space sounds like.
- Earth
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- Nov 07, 2020
Radio astronomers study radio waves from space using sensitive antennas and receivers, which give them precise information about what an astronomical object is and where it is in our night sky. And just like the signals that we send and receive here on Earth, we can convert these transmissions into sound using simple analog techniques.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you gave kids peas that didn't look like peas and said they were a space shuttle, they're much more apt to eat them because it's now playtime.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
Long scenes of emotion are quite difficult - you've got to build up to them and make sure you're in the right emotional space.
- Loss
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- Nov 07, 2020
We can see loss as something missing, but that missing space can be filled with something else, and that creates healing.
- Science
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- Nov 07, 2020
Data science requires having that cultural space to experiment and work on things that might fail.
- Confidentiality
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- Nov 07, 2020
In almost every profession - whether it's law or journalism, finance or medicine or academia or running a small business - people rely on confidential communications to do their jobs. We count on the space of trust that confidentiality provides. When someone breaches that trust, we are all worse off for it.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I find that Bach is appealing to a lot of different audiences. It really hits people at their core in different ways, but it also creates a meditative space. I just feel like I can play it, and it reaches people.
- Ocean
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't read a book until I was 31 years old when I was diagnosed with dyslexia. Books terrified me. They made me nervous. Now I know you can travel to the bottom of the ocean or to outer space or anywhere in between without leaving your armchair, and I'm so, so sorry I couldn't read when I was younger.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
Is manned space exploration important? Yes - not least because it simply works much better than sending robots.
- Moon
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- Nov 07, 2020
Supplying fuel for a Mars expedition from the lunar surface is often suggested, but it's hard to make it pay off - Moon bases are expensive, and just buying more rockets to launch fuel from Earth is relatively cheap.
- Escape
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- Nov 07, 2020