Apollo Quote by Jerome F. Lederer

In 1492 Columbus knew less about the far Atlantic than we do about the heavens, yet he chose not to sail with a flotilla…

— Wernher von Braun

Columbus only discovered that he was in some new place. He didn't discover America.

— Louise Erdrich

Neil Armstrong was no Christopher Columbus. In most respects, he was better. Unlike the famous fifteenth century seafarer, Armstrong knew where he landed. He…

— Seth Shostak

Yeah, I know he discovered the West Indies; it wasn't America. But the whole thing with Columbus was that people had been telling him,…

— Bill Cowher

Columbus went around the world in 1492. That isn't a lot of strokes when you consider the course.

— Lee Trevino

“Advice to explorers everywhere: if you would like to recieve due credit for your discoveries, keep a detailed account of your journeys as Columbus…

— Cuthbert Soup

Christopher Columbus was looking for a passage to India, but he landed in America. He landed in the wrong place, and when he got…

— Ronald Reagan

If the pilots were in charge, Columbus would still be in port. They believe the assertion that the world is flat.

— Robert Crandall

“Columbus therefore cheated on his calculations, as the examining faculty of the University of Salamanca quite correctly pointed out. He used the smallest possible…

— Carl Sagan

Columbus real achievement was managing to cross the ocean successfully in both directions. Though an accomplished enough mariner, he was not terribly good at…

— Bill Bryson

The history of exploration has never been driven by exploration. But Columbus himself was a discoverer. So was Magellan. But the people who wrote…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Every schoolchild knows that Columbus set out across the sea to prove that the world was round. But the belief in a spherical earth…

— Ferdinand Columbus