Scott Carpenter famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

This planet is not terra firma. It is a delicate flower and it must be cared for. It's lonely. It's small. It's isolated, and there is no resupply. And we are mistreating it. Clearly, the highest loyalty we should have is not to our own country or our own religion or our hometown or even to ourselves. It should be to, number two, the family of man, and number one, the planet at large. This is our home, and this is all we've got.
-- Scott Carpenter

#Loyalty #Country #Lonely
At no time, when the astronauts were in space were they alone, there was a constant surveillance by UFOs.
-- Scott Carpenter

#Space #Surveillance #Astronaut
This planet is not terra firma. It is a delicate flower and it must be cared for. It's lonely. It's small. It's isolated, and there is no resupply. And we are mistreating it.
-- Scott Carpenter

#Lonely #Flower #Earth
Pioneering in space was something I would willingly give my life for.
-- Scott Carpenter

#Space #Giving
It was a cherished experience. I feel I got the chance to see the inner workings of the grand order of things. In the overall scheme of things, it proves that men can do about anything they want to if they work hard enough at it, and I knew that I could do it . . . and that leads, of course, to a strong suspicion that everybody else can do it if they want to.
-- Scott Carpenter

#Strong #Hard Work #Men
Satisfying curiosity ranks No. 2 in my book behind conquering a fear.
-- Scott Carpenter

#Book #Curiosity #Conquer
The flight experience itself is incredible. It's addictive. It's transcendent. It is a view of the grand plan of all things that is simply unforgettable.
-- Scott Carpenter

#Space #Views #Flight
I liked wrestling a lot better than boxing. I remember thinking at that time that wrestling was a pure demonstration of strength, which I was interested in, while boxing was just hitting somebody or getting hit, which didn't appeal to me. But a demonstration of strength was okay, so I chose wrestling.
-- Scott Carpenter

#Wrestling #Thinking #Boxing

Don't Let Him Know is a rich, evocative and brilliantly told tale of family, of loyalties, and of love that must stay secret. Sandip Roy has broken new ground in this tale of the modern Indian family. A lovely read
For thousands of years, father and son have stretched wistful hands across the canyon of time, each eager to help the other to his side, but neither quite able to desert the loyalties of his contemporaries. The relationship is always changing and hence always fragile; nothing endures except the sense of difference.
To Lawren Harris art was almost a mission. He believed that a country which ignored the arts left no record of itself worth preserving.
Even if my country remains in war with yours. . .remember. . . i am not your enemy.
I am raising my voice as a citizen of the country. I don?t want to enter politics.
Arthur V. Berger commenting on the music of Aaron Copland: Here is at last an American that we may place unapologetically beside the great recognized creative figures of any other country.
It is always the young that make the change. You don't get these ideas when you're middle-aged. Young people have daring, creativity, imagination and personal computers. Above all, what you have as young people that's vitally needed to make social change, is impatience. You want it to happen now. There have to be enough people that say, â€˜We want it now, in our lifetime.â€™ This is your moment. This is your opportunity. Be adventurists in the sense of being bold and daring. Be opportunists and seize this opportunity, this moment in history, to go out and save our country. It's your turn now.
Fifty-seven countries in the world, a third of the United Nations, do not recognize Israel. In a way, I think North Korea has better international relations than Israel.
There is none more lonely than the man who loves only himself.
Being alone and being lonely are two different things. (Yasu)

Scott Carpenter famous quotes

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