All our knowledge - past, present, and future - is nothing compared to what we will never know.

Man must at all costs overcome the Earth's gravity and have, in reserve, the space at least of the Solar System.

The Earth is the cradle of Humanity. But one doesn't always live in the cradle.

First, inevitably, the idea, the fantasy, the fairy tale. Then, scientific calculation. Ultimately, fulfillment crowns the dream.

Man will not always stay on Earth; the pursuit of light and space will lead him to penetrate the bounds of the atmosphere, timidly at first, but in the end to conquer the whole of solar space.

A planet is the cradle of mind, but one cannot live in a cradle forever.

Earth is the cradle of humanity, but one cannot live in a cradle forever.

The Earth is the cradle of humanity, but mankind cannot stay in the cradle forever.

From the moment of using rocket devices, a great new era will begin in astronomy: the epoch of the more intensive study of the firmament.

I do not remember how it got into my head to make the first calculations related to rocket. It seems to me the first seeds were planted by famous fantaseour, J. Verne.

All the universe is full of the lives of perfect creatures.

People like you must create. If you don’t create, Bernadette, you will become a menace to society.

All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend itself to warnings or explanations. It simply is.

I have lived and worked in Britain all my life. Not even in the dark days of penal Labour taxation in the Seventies did I have any intention of leaving the country of my birth.

I focus on myself, that's how I beat Wladimir Klitschko.

We must be greater than God, for we have to undo His injustice.

The burgeoisie, by the rapid improvement of all instruments of production, by the immensely facilitated means of communication, draws all nations into civilization.

I wish I were a character actor. Of course, if I played hockey without a mask, I could become one.

Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else - very rarely to those who say to themselves, 'Go to, now, let us be a celebrated individual!'.

There are lots of stories in pop music, lots of lush orchestrations, lots of attention to detail. You just have to know where to find them. The best stuff is never overt.

The simple fact was that if the song wasn't about me, I couldn't see how it could possibly be about anybody else, including the one I knew it was supposed to be about, and good luck to him, too.