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Solar System Quotes

The solar system has no anxiety about its reputation.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1872). “The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Representative men. English traits. Conduct of life”, p.423

I felt like I might as well have been living in another part of the solar system.

Bob Dylan (2011). “Chronicles”, p.91, Simon and Schuster

Mars is the only place in the solar system where it's possible for life to become multi-planetarian.

"Elon Musk Wants to Put Man on Mars in '12 to 15 Years'" by David Wright, abcnews.go.com. August 6, 2012.

The solar system is off center and consequently man is too.

Harlow Shapley (1969). “Through rugged ways to the stars”

Anybody with any sense knows the whole solar system will go up like a celluloid collar by-and-by.

Kurt Vonnegut (1988). “Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut”, p.63, Univ. Press of Mississippi

If we knew exactly what to expect throughout the Solar System, we would have no reason to explore it.

Poul Anderson (2008). “The Van Rijn Method”, p.54, Baen Publishing Enterprises

Khadi will be the sun of the whole industrial solar system.

Mahatma Gandhi (1966). “Socialism of My Conception”

Khadi is the sun of the village solar system.

Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “The Gospel of Swadeshi, by M.K. Gandhi”

In more than one respect, the exploring of the Solar System and homesteading other worlds constitutes the beginning, much more than the end, of history.

Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan (2011). “Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space”, p.344, Ballantine Books