Astronaut Quote by Rakesh Sharma

It's been written about as "the overview effect." All I can give you is my perspective, but most all of the people who have…

— Edgar Mitchell

“That it doesn’t strike us at all when we look around us, move about in space, feel our own bodies, etc. etc., shows how…

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

National boundaries are not evident when we view the Earth from space. Fanatical ethnic or religious or national chauvinisms are a little difficult to…

— Carl Sagan

I am so used to plunging into the unknown that any other surroundings and form of existence strike me as exotic and unsuitable for…

— Werner Herzog

In order to engage in an 'experiencing of the world,' one has to physically move oneself to the most diverse places on earth.

— Wolfgang Tillmans

Whenever our ethnic or national prejudices are aroused, in times of scarcity, during challenges to national self esteem or nerve, when we agonize about…

— Carl Sagan

At some point or another, our boundaries run into the boundaries of the exterior reality. Like we run into laws and other things that…

— Jerry Garcia

Some people have told me I'm space-bound because of my love for space science and I couldn't agree more. I've always believed in breaking…

— David Pettersen

Mysterious spaces cause us to turn inward. Amid a rich upwelling of association, we encounter many aspects of ourselves. As we grow still, we…

— John Paul Caponigro

It's hard for us to really understand the immensity so far of the conquest of space.

— Walter Cronkite

Anyone who goes to space tried to look at his own country first, but soon it appears that there is no boundary between the…

— Rakesh Sharma

You get this overview effect where you realize how small we are and how fragile our planet is and how we're really all in…

— Anne McClain