Space quotes

“Space... a universe of mystery. Well, today, the mystery will be unveiled. Thanks to science, we know the universe is nearly 500 miles long, and it contains -- you're not going to believe this -- over 1,000 stars.”
Justin Long - Lem

“Space, says the introduction to the guide, is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind bogglingly big it is. And so on.”
Stephen Fry - Narrator

“Lord, guard and guide the men who fly through the great spaces in the sky. Be with them always in the air, in darkened storm or sunlight glare. Oh, hear us when we lift our prayer, for those in peril in the air. Amen.”

Royal Dano - Minister

“You think quantum physics has the answer? What purpose does it serve for me that time and space are exactly the same thing?”
Woody Allen - David Dobel

“- Al Burnett: Are you telling me that NASA's prime receiving station has absolutely no idea where Apollo 11 is?
- Glenn Latham: Yeah - it's on its way to the moon.”
Patrick Warburton - Al Burnett
Tom Long - Glenn Latham

“- Quentin: What do you want to know about rockets?
- Homer: Everything.”
Chris Owen - Quentin
Jake Gyllenhaal - Homer Hickam

“- NASA Director: This could be the worst disaster NASA's ever experienced.
- Gene Kranz: With all due respect, sir, I believe this is gonna be our finest hour.”

Joe Spano - NASA Director
Ed Harris - Gene Kranz

“- Dr. Gillian Taylor: Don't tell me! You're from outer space.
- Kirk: No, I'm from Iowa. I only work in outer space.”
Catherine Hicks - Gillian
William Shatner - James T. Kirk

“Well I see split ends are universal. Lost in space with no conditioner, huh?”
Julie Brown - Candy Pink

- Gus Grissom: What the hell does "astronaut" mean, anyway?
- Gordon Cooper: "Star Voyager".
- Gus Grissom: "Star Voyager" Gus Grissom. I kinda like the sound of that.

Fred Ward - Gus Grissom
Dennis Quaid - Gordon Cooper

“- Vulcan master: I sense this consciousness calling you from space... your human blood is touched by it.
- Vulcan master: You have not yet achieved Kolinahr. He must search elsewhere for his answer. He will not find it with us. Live long and prosper, Spock.”

Edna Glover - Vulcan Master

“Anybody hungry? Oh, the marvels of American science. Here we are millions of miles from earth, and we can still send out for pizza.”
Sam Waterston - Peter Willis

- Darren Woods: [about "beings" on other planets] Maybe it's a bunch of Amazon rainforest women that wanna breed a new race.
- Wolfgang Müller: You pervert.
Jason Presson - Darren Woods
River Phoenix - Wolfgang Müller

“- Lieutenant Charles Pizer: Every time I see one of those things I expect to spot some guy dressed in red with horns and a pitchfork.
- Captain Dan Holland: It's a monster, all right.
- V.I.N.CENT.: A rip in the very fabric of space and time.”

Joseph Bottoms - Lieutenant Charles Pizer
Robert Forster - Captain Dan Holland
Roddy McDowall - V.I.N.CENT.

“- Simon: My God! The sun.
- Elaine: What is it, Simon?
- Simon: A large, fiery ball at the center of our solar system, but that's not important now. We're heading right for it.”
Chad Everett - Simon
Julie Hagerty - Elaine

“- Dr. Kaela Evers: When you said you'd been in worse situations than this, were you lying?
- Nick: No. When we were falling toward the planet and the engines cut out? That was worse.”
Angela Bassett - Dr. Kaela Evers
James Spader - Nick Vanzant

“I was an aerospace engineer. I helped design the Galileo space station. I dream it's orbiting Earth forever, with a dozen human skeletons all grinning at each other. Laughing at us down here.”
Ron McLarty - Old George

“- William Thacker: I enjoyed the movie very much. I was just wondering, did you ever consider having more horses in it?
- Anna Scott: Well, we would have liked to. But it was difficult, obviously, being set in space.”
Hugh Grant - William Thacker
Julia Roberts - Anna Scott

“- Scotty: My sister's youngest, Admiral. Crazy to get to space.
- James T. Kirk: Every young man's fantasy. Seem to remember it myself.”
James Doohan - Scotty
William Shatner - James T. Kirk

“- Clara Clayton: Emmett, do you think we'll ever be able to travel to the moon like we travel across the country on trains?
- Dr. Emmett Brown: Definitely, although not for another eighty-four years and not on trains. We'll have space vehicles, capsules to sail off in rockets, devices that create giant explosions, explosions that are so powerful...” (continue)(continue reading)

Mary Steenburgen - Clara Clayton
Chris Lloyd - Dr. Emmett Brown

“Hardware Wars! A thrilling space saga of romance, rebellion, and household appliances!”
Paul Frees - Narrator

“Suppose you kept going another 18 billion light years, what if there's nothing out there? Suppose you kept going another trillion times further, so far out you see nothing. The light from the universe would be fainter than the faintest star. Infinitely cold. Infinitely dark. Sometimes if I wake up and it's dark, I get really scared, like I'm out...” (continue)(continue reading)

Joseph Mazzello - Dexter

“OK gentleman, you're our warriors up there. God be with you. You're already heroes, just sit back and enjoy the ride.”

Billy Bob Thornton - Dan Truman

“- Peter: Is there anything more terrifying than the destruction of the world?
- Lloyd: Yes. The knowledge that it doesn't matter one way or the other. Its all random, resonating aimlessly out of nothing and eventually vanishing forever. I'm not talking about the world, I'm talking about the universe, all space, all time, just temporary convulsion.”
Sam Waterston - Peter
Jack Warden - Lloyd

“In 1910, Halley's comet returned. Everyone thought they were going to die then.”
Wilson Camp - Party Guest