Bernard M. Oliver famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Years of science fiction have produced a mindset that it is human destiny to expand from Earth, to the Moon, to Mars, to the stars.
-- Bernard M. Oliver

#Stars #Moon #Destiny
The sun and its retinue of planets drift as a group through the vast gulfs of space that separate the stars.
-- Bernard M. Oliver

#Stars #Space #Groups
No one can deny the excitement of visiting another world.
-- Bernard M. Oliver

#Ethos #World #Excitement
Present annual world energy consumption is about equal to the annihilation energy of 4 tons of matter.
-- Bernard M. Oliver

#Energy #World #Matter
Above all, I would not expect a wise race, at great expense, to set loose an army of self-replicating robots.
-- Bernard M. Oliver

#Wise #Army #Race
Antimatter is not a source of energy for us, it's a method of storing energy, compact but inefficient.
-- Bernard M. Oliver

#Energy #Source #Method
In the past, on Earth, it has largely been to exploit foreign resources and to expand the domestic territory.
-- Bernard M. Oliver

#Past #Earth #Territory
It would be a pity if, frustrated by the price of travel, we elected to become a society that never made contact, that never gave SETI a fair chance.
-- Bernard M. Oliver

#Frustrated #Would Be #Chance
The factor most ignored in discussing interstellar flight is the kinetic energy that must be invested in the ship to make its tons of matter move at a substantial fraction of the speed of light.
-- Bernard M. Oliver

#Moving #Light #Energy

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I was born by God's dear grace, in an extraordinary place. Where the stars and stripes, and the eagle fly.
Fling out, fling out, with cheer and shout, To all the winds of Our Country's Banner! Be every bar, and every star, Displayed in full and glorious manner! Blow, zephyrs, blow, keep the dear ensign flying! Blow, zephyrs, sweetly mournful, sighing, sighing, sighing!
We can never sneer at the stars, mock the dawn, or scoff at the totality of being.
The light, the sky, the water, they were all things you looked *through* during the day. At night, they were things you looked *into*. You looked *into* the stars, you looked *into* dark rollers and the surprising platinum flash of their caps.
Therefore, since the world has still Much good, but much less good than ill, And while the sun and moon endure Luck's a chance, but trouble's sure, I'd face it as a wise man would, And train for ill and not for good.
I'm as old as the moon and the stars, and as young as the trees and the lakes. My style comes from looking at what came before me, and from visiting a lot of places.
Someone who has acted carelessly, But later becomes careful and attentive, Is as beautiful as the bright moon emerging from the clouds.
In my opinion what distinguishes the Bible from the other books is its sense of time. Its first concern is to establish a calendar. Then it traces a genealogy. It imposes rhythms, it orders, it operates, it does not abandon the earth where its destiny must be fulfilled and whose own destiny must be fulfilled by it. Its history will be that of men and not of idle gods. The whole spirit must become incarnate and explore the possible.
Long tarries destiny, But comes to those who pray.

Bernard M. Oliver famous quotes

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