Able Quote by Thomas Merton

What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we cannot cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves?

— Thomas Merton

I suppose we shall soon travel by air-vessels; make air instead of sea voyages; and at length find our way to the moon, in…

— Lord Byron

Men might as well project a voyage to the Moon as attempt to employ steam navigation against the stormy North Atlantic Ocean.

— Dionysius Lardner

There is no hope for the fanciful idea of reaching the moon because of insurmountable barriers to escaping the earth's gravity

— Forest Ray Moulton

If you strive for the moon, maybe you'll get over the fence.

— Anonymous

The Moon is our local port opening to the universe; in the future, it's through that port we will sail our ships to the…

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

We will build new ships to carry man forward into the universe, to gain a new foothold on the moon and to prepare for…

— George W. Bush

For future exploration, when we have the objective of going to the Moon, it is important to have several possibilities to go there, and…

— Alain-Fournier

Having walked on the Moon, I know something about what we need to explore, really explore, in space.

— Buzz Aldrin

We came all this way to explore the Moon, and the most important thing is that we discovered the Earth.

— Anonymous

As soon as somebody demonstrates the art of flying, settlers from our species of man will not be lacking [on the Moon and Jupiter].…

— Johannes Kepler

Since my childhood I learned that to understand the world we need to go further and take the risks of sailing in unknown seas.

— Paulo Coelho