All Story Musgrave Quotes
- Hubble touches people. When you're looking that far out, you're giving people their place in the universe, it touches people. Science is often visual, so… Far
- Statistically it's a certainty there are hugely advanced civilizations, intelligences, life forms out there. I believe they're so advanced they're even doing interstellar travel. I… Advanced
- Getting out of the comfortable path, that's what exploration is all about. All
- I've already written 300 space poems. But I look upon my ultimate form as being a poetic prose. When you read it, it appears to… Already Written
- Most of our history in space has been communicated in terms of action - what people do, a chronological list of events which have transpired… Action
- I came from an extraordinarily dysfunctional family, full of abuse and alcoholism. And eventually everyone within the family had committed suicide. Abuse
- It is humanity's destiny to explore the universe. When we start thinking and working on that cosmic level, we will transcend our parochial differences and… Become Global
- Iām not a risk taker. But astronauts are professionals, so you get out on the field and play ball. I tried to take it in… Astronaut
- And So, I Was Not A Military Test Pilot, But As Soon As NASA Expressed An Interest In Flying Scientists & People Who Were Not… Came
- If we ever start communicating with living creatures from other planets, the number one priority is, how are you going to communicate information? Even between… Communicate
- The statistics of life out there and the statistics of intelligent beings and advanced civilization is a certainty, the way I look at it. It… Accepted
- Their spirituality was in nature, even though Emerson was a preacher on the pulpit, he ended up going out into nature for direct, face-to-face communication… All
- I think there are huge lessons there, for young people who are getting started in life, as well as other people. And that is, to… Course
- I never read a single book as a child. I did not read as a child. I worked on the farm. I had books in… Book
- It's hard to say what drives a three year-old, but I think I had a sense that nature was my solace, and nature was a… Beauty
- I have a great relationship with animals, and with children. I get to their level. I try to see the way a child looks at… Animal
- I work for perfection, for perfection's sake. I don't care what the external reasons are. And it's much more like a ballerina on opening night.… Ballerina
- That I learned even as a three year-old that I see this world that is really a mess and I learned to say, this is… Learned
- The way you remember the past depends upon your hope for the future. And if what you see in your future has no hope, it… Brought
- Poetry is its own medium; it's very different than writing prose. Poetry can talk in an imagistic sense, it has particular ways of catching an… Catching
- I would have taken whatever hand I was dealt. Space was it. Dealt
- I didn't wish those tragedies upon the people who played them out. It was certainly tragic for them, but not for me. All of those… All
- I feel particularly close to them, because I am now out in the universe. I'm in a position to see nature from another point of… Another Point
- I'm such a long-term investor, I've never really let go and celebrated what I did with the Hubble telescope. Celebrated
- There really isn't a time to pause and have a celebration. I feel so serious about the whole thing. Celebration