“I really believe that if the political leaders of the world could see their planet from a distance of, let's say 100,000 miles, their outlook would be fundamentally changed. The all-important border would be invisible, that noisy argument suddenly silenced.… — Michael Collins Copy Share
“It is not to political leaders our people must look, but to themselves. Leaders are but individuals, and individuals are imperfect, liable to error and weakness. The strength of the nation will be the strength of the spirit of the… — Michael Collins Copy Share Image
“I really believe that if the political leaders of the world could see their planet from a distance of, let's say 100,000 miles, their outlook would be fundamentally changed. The all-important border would be invisible, that noisy argument suddenly silenced. The tiny globe would continue to turn, serenely ignoring its subdivisions, presenting a unified facade that would cry out for… — Michael Collins Copy Share
“I felt cold just thinking about that, just how things come to an end, how death is subsumed in the pull of daily life,… — Michael Collins Copy Share Image
“Capitalism has come, not only to serve Britain's purpose by keeping the people divided, but, by setting worker against worker, it has profited by… — Michael Collins Copy Share Image
“I guess the basic reason I run is that I think a body, like a brain, should be used, stretched, forced to its limits...I feel sorry for those who will never know the desperate pound of 180 beats per minute, or the golden afterglow of recovery from it. The body, like a flying machine, can be operated with greater enjoyment,… — Michael Collins Copy Share
“The great truth was that we were not the center of things, or others’ lives, but only so in our own mind’s eye. We… — Michael Collins Copy Share Image
There is but one Earth, tiny and fragile, and one must get 100,000 miles away to appreciate fully one's good fortune in living on it. — Michael Collins Copy Share Image
I knew I was alone in a way that no earthling has ever been before. — Michael Collins Copy Share Image
Q: What were you thinking when your colleagues were out there making cosmic history? A: I just kept reminding myself that every single component… — Michael Collins Copy Share Image
“It is not to political leaders our people must look, but to themselves. Leaders are but individuals, and individuals are imperfect, liable to error… — Michael Collins Copy Share Image
“The Treaty is already vindicating itself. The English Die-hards said to Mr. Lloyd George and his Cabinet: ‘You have surrendered’. Our own Die-hards said… — Michael Collins Copy Share Image
