David Grinspoon famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

The planet Mars -- crimson and bright, filling our telescopes with vague intimations of almost-familiar landforms -- has long formed a celestial tabula rasa on which we have inscribed our planeto-logical theories, utopian fantasies, and fears of alien invasion or ecological ruin.
-- David Grinspoon

#Long #Mars #Invasion
As long as we are a single-planet species, we are vulnerable to extinction by a planetwide catastrophe, natural or self-induced. Once we become a multiplanet species, our chances to live long and prosper will take a huge leap skyward.
-- David Grinspoon

#Moon #Self #Long
Before we go there and set up greenhouses, dance clubs, and falafel stands, let's make sure that, in some subtle form that could be harmed by the human hubbub, life does not already exist there. If not, then by all means build cities, plant forests and fill lakes and streams with trout -- bring life to Mars and Mars to life. We'll then be the Martians we've been dreaming about for all these years.
-- David Grinspoon

#Dream #Mean #Years

I don't know how long a child will remain utterly static in front of the television, but my guess is that it could be well into their thirties.
As long as you want anything very much, especially more than you want God, it is an idol.
Tell me not here, it needs not saying, What tune the enchantress plays In aftermaths of soft September Or under blanching mays, For she and I were long acquainted And I knew all her ways.
It's hard to say what I want my legacy to be when I'm long gone.
You either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain.
Why die on Mars when you can live in South Dakota? South Dakota, you can live here.
Mars is there, waiting to be reached.
We could have human intelligence in orbit around Mars, building things there.
The invasions are totally unacceptable and should be stopped forthwith by whoever is doing it,
When government gets between my lips and my stomach; I call that invasion of privacy!

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