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Moon Quotes - Page 7

Good-morrow to thy sable beak, And glossy plumage, dark and sleek, Thy crimson moon and azure eye

Joanna Baillie, Jennifer Breen (1999). “The Selected Poems of Joanna Baillie, 1762-1851”, p.79, Manchester University Press

If you could see the earth illuminated when you were in a place as dark as night, it would look to you more splendid than the moon.

Galileo Galilei, Andrea Frova, Mariapiera Marenzana (2006). “Thus Spoke Galileo: The Great Scientist's Ideas and Their Relevance to the Present Day”, p.201, Oxford University Press

To send humans back to the moon would not be advancing. It would be more than 50 years after the first moon landing when we got there, and we'd probably be welcomed by the Chinese. But we should return to the moon without astronauts and build, with robots, an international lunar base, so that we know how to build a base on Mars robotically.

"Buzz Aldrin on Why We Should Go to Mars Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/buzz-aldrin-on-why-we-should-go-to-mars-66260324/#muQovUaWlr5GveW8.99 Give the gift of Smithsonian magazine for only $12! http://bit.ly/1cGUiGv Follow us: @SmithsonianMag on Twitter". Interview with Amy Crawford, www.smithsonianmag.com. May 19, 2013.

The moon was up, painting the world silver, making things look just a little more alive.

N. D. Wilson (2008). “Leepike Ridge”, p.16, Random House Books for Young Readers

My parents grew up during the space race, and I think they imagined the future would be us living on moon bases and everyone has rocket shoes.

"Sunday Geekersation: Brian K. Vaughan juggles comics, TV". Interview with Brian Truit, www.usatoday.com. August 04, 2013.