Helen Maria Williams (1759–1827) British writer
from (I) & (II) 'Quenn Mary's Complaint', Poems 1786, kindle ebook ASIN B00849523Q
“Many short-sighted fools think that going to the Moon was just a stunt.”
Source: The Pragmatics of Patriotism (1973)
Context: Many short-sighted fools think that going to the Moon was just a stunt. But the astronauts knew the meaning of what they were doing, as is shown by Neil Armstrong's first words in stepping down onto the soil of Luna: "One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."
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“It is a beautiful and delightful sight to behold the body of the Moon.”
Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) Italian mathematician, physicist, philosopher and astronomer
Source: The Starry Messenger, Venice 1610: "From Doubt to Astonishment"
“How short life is for fools.”
Orson Scott Card (1951) American science fiction novelist
Source: The Tales of Alvin Maker, The Crystal City (2003), Chapter 8 “Plans” (p. 159).
David Orrell (1962) Canadian mathematician
Source: The Other Side Of The Coin (2008), Chapter 1, Limited Versus Unlimited, p. 30
Arthur Schopenhauer book Parerga and Paralipomena
Vol. 2, Ch. 27, § 369
Parerga and Paralipomena (1851), Counsels and Maxims
“I think we're going to the moon because it's in the nature of the human being to face challenges.”
Neil Armstrong (1930–2012) American astronaut; first person to walk on the moon
Apollo mission press conference (1969); ABC World News http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/neil-armstrong-man-moon-dead/story?id=12325140&page=2#.UE0Vm67hdjw; also quoted in Of a Fire on the Moon (1970) by Norman Mailer, <!-- p. 46-47 --> and in First Man: The Life of Ronnie Petch the bender (2005) by James R. Hansen<!-- p. 399 --> <br class="br">Context: I think we're going to the moon because it's in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It's by the nature of his deep inner soul … we're required to do these things just as salmon swim upstream.
Chris Rea (1951) English singer-songwriter
"Fool (If You Think It's Over)"
Song lyrics, Whatever Happened to Benny Santini? (1978)
Neil Armstrong (1930–2012) American astronaut; first person to walk on the moon
Source: Apollo mission press conference (1969); ABC World News http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/neil-armstrong-man-moon-dead/story?id=12325140&page=2#.UE0Vm67hdjw; also quoted in Of a Fire on the Moon (1970) by Norman Mailer, and in First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong (2005) by James R. Hansen
“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)