“A monkey glances up and sees a banana, and that's as far as he looks. A visionary looks up and sees the moon.”
Source: Airman
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Eoin Colfer185
Irish author of children's books 1965Related quotes
Charles Manson (1934–2017) American criminal and musician
As quoted in 101 People You Won't Meet in Heaven: The Twisted Achievements of the Most Brutal and Sadistic Individuals the World Has Ever Known (2007) by Michael Powell, p. 148
“The moon looks
On many brooks,
"The brook can see no moon but this."”
Thomas Moore (1779–1852) Irish poet, singer and songwriter
While gazing on the Moon's Light.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“I'll be looking at the moon,
but I'll be seeing you.”
Michael Ondaatje book The English Patient
Source: The English Patient
“We've gone from looking up at the moon to looking down at Instagram.”
Bill Whittle (1959) author, director, screenwriter, editor
2010s
“How many times must a man look up before he can see the sky?”
Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist
Song lyrics, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963), Blowin' in the Wind