"I had studied at Harvard and MIT astronomy……" — Edgar Mitchell
"I had studied at Harvard and MIT astronomy and a lot about the heavens and the star system and so forth."
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33 Quotes by Edgar Mitchell
Edgar Mitchell has 33 quotes on this site.
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We need to make the world safe for creativity and intuition, for it's creativity and intuition that will make the…
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It was a beautiful, harmonious, peaceful-looking planet, blue with white clouds, and one that gave you a deep sense of…
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When I learned that aliens really do exist, I wasn't too surprised. But what did shock me when I started…
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Suddenly, from behind the rim of the moon, in long, slow-motion moments of immense majesty, there emerges a sparkling blue…
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The U.S. Government hasn't maintained secrecy regarding UFOs. It's been leaking out all over the place. But the way it's…
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We all know that UFOs are real. All we need to ask is where do they come from, and what…
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The evidence points to the fact that Roswell was a real incident and that indeed an alien craft did crash,…
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I've talked with people of stature-of military and government credentials and position-and heard their stories, and their desire to tell…
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You get out there in space and say to yourself: that's home. That's the only home we have, and the…
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The desire to live life to its fullest, to acquire more knowledge, to abandon the economic treadmill, are all typical…
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My view of our planet was a glimpse of divinity.
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We went to the Moon as technicians; we returned as humanitarians.
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