„This is Major Tom to Ground Control.I’m stepping through the door,And I’m floating in a most peculiar way.And the stars look very different today.For hereAm I sitting in a tin can,Far above the world.Planet Earth is blue,And there’s nothing I can do.“

— David Bowie

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„The Gnostics thought the planet Earth was a cosmic mistake. I too feel that way — I'm through with this Earth before I've even departed from it.“
— Henry Miller
„I've actually felt slightly uncomfortable at TED for the last two days, because there's a lot of vision going on, right? And I am not a visionary. I do not have a five-year plan. I'm an engineer. And I think it's really -- I mean -- I'm perfectly happy with all the people who are walking around and just staring at the clouds and looking at the stars and saying, "I want to go there." But I'm looking at the ground, and I want to fix the pothole that's right in front of me before I fall in. This is the kind of person I am.“
— Linus Torvalds
„You that in far-off countries of the sky can dwell secure, look back upon me here; for I am weary of this frail world's decay.“
— Murasaki Shikibu
„I used to think as I looked out on the Hollywood night — there must be thousands of girls sitting alone like me, dreaming of becoming a movie star. But I'm not going to worry about them. I'm dreaming the hardest.“
— Marilyn Monroe
„I believe we are here on the planet Earth to live, grow up and do what we can to make this world a better place for all people to enjoy freedom.“
— Rosa Parks
„I don't think the human race will survive the next thousand years, unless we spread into space. There are too many accidents that can befall life on a single planet. But I'm an optimist. We will reach out to the stars.“
— Stephen Hawking