Quotes about "Space & Cosmic Perspective"

On Earth, I weighed 150 pounds; my suit and backpack weighed another 150. 300 pounds. Up there, I weighed only 50. So I could prance around on my toes. It was quite easy to do. ”

One of the great things about the universe is that it's fair. ”

Eventually there are going to be cities in space. ”

We're going through all the checklist, getting in position to make the entry and all that... And I think either Pete, Dick, or I said, 'Well, I wonder how those parachutes are doing?' And then someone else said... 'Well, we'll find out in about 55 minutes!' ”

I think the world is a place for oddballs and freaks. I'm only interested in oddballs and freaks as characters. ”

I think there's a lot of interesting stuff on TV. I feel much more optimistic about TV than I do about movies. There will always be good movies but I think, for the most part, it's always going to be a huge fight to get those movies made. TV is the best place to be as a writer, I think. ”

Every physicist knows that things connect with each other. To isolate things is not the way the universe works - winning best actor is arbitrary. ”

TV has taken reflection out of the human condition. People didn't use to have a ready answer for everything, whether they knew something about it or not. People think they have to have an answer for everything because the guys on TV have an answer for everything. ”

I used to read science fiction a lot, and I still like science fiction when it is a model of how we really are and to see ourselves from another perspective. ”

Blind dates are treacherous. You don't know who this person is. You wonder, 'Should I call my grandma during coffee to get out of this?' ”