Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Edgar Mitchell Quotes: We went to the Moon as technicians; we returned as humanitarians.
         

We went to the Moon as technicians; we returned as humanitarians.


Edgar Mitchell
Check all other quotes by Edgar Mitchell

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Edgar Mitchell Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Wed. 18 Dec. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/We-went-to-the-Moon-as-technicians-541354>.





Check out


Other quotes of Edgar Mitchell


We are not alone in the universe. They have been coming here for a long time.

We are not alone in the universe. They have been coming here for a long time.



On the return trip home, gazing through 240,000 miles of space toward the stars and the planet from which I had come, I suddenly experienced the universe as intelligent, loving, harmonious.

On the return trip home, gazing through 240,000 miles of space toward the stars and the planet from which I had come, I suddenly experienced the universe as intelligent, loving, harmonious.



There are no unnatural or supernatural phenomenon, only very large gaps in our knowledge of what is natural... we should strive to fill those gaps of ignorance.

There are no unnatural or supernatural phenomenon, only very large gaps in our knowledge of what is natural... we should strive to fill those gaps of ignorance.



Science is methodology. As a belief system it's disastrous.

Science is methodology. As a belief system it's disastrous.



We all know that UFOs are real. All we need to ask is where do they come from, and what do they want?

We all know that UFOs are real. All we need to ask is where do they come from, and what do they want?



We need to make the world safe for creativity and intuition, for it's creativity and intuition that will make the world safe for us.

We need to make the world safe for creativity and intuition, for it's creativity and intuition that will make the world safe for us.



I experienced an ecstasy of unity. I not only saw the connectedness, I felt it and experienced it sentiently. The restraints and boundaries of flesh and bone fell away.

I experienced an ecstasy of unity. I not only saw the connectedness, I felt it and experienced it sentiently. The restraints and boundaries of flesh and bone fell away.



The transcendent experience is brotherly love, nature, harmony and unity. Cultures, in trying to define it, try to define an external deity as opposed to the process.

The transcendent experience is brotherly love, nature, harmony and unity. Cultures, in trying to define it, try to define an external deity as opposed to the process.



I think I've reached the point that I'm convinced enough of the reality of the ET presence and I'm not going to deny it and shy away from it.... It is time to open this up to the public.

I think I've reached the point that I'm convinced enough of the reality of the ET presence and I'm not going to deny it and shy away from it.... It is time to open this up to the public.



To kill a citizen of our own country is evil, but to kill a citizen of another country is 'good.'

To kill a citizen of our own country is evil, but to kill a citizen of another country is 'good.'





Other quotes you may like


The best decision you could make in an event of failure, is to still believe in yourself.

The best decision you could make in an event of failure, is to still believe in yourself.



Be not the first by whom the new are tried Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.

Be not the first by whom the new are tried Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.



Lest Arab governments be tempted out of sheer routine to rush into impulsive rejection, let me suggest that tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss.

Lest Arab governments be tempted out of sheer routine to rush into impulsive rejection, let me suggest that tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss.



There is a direct correlation between the books you read and the success you achieve.

There is a direct correlation between the books you read and the success you achieve.



I do enjoy life, I really do. Especially if I wake up the next day.

I do enjoy life, I really do. Especially if I wake up the next day.



A subject for a great poet would be God's boredom after the seventh day of creation.

A subject for a great poet would be God's boredom after the seventh day of creation.



Who takes the blame: the leader who talks of poverty but lives in luxury, or the poor who choose a leader of that type?

Who takes the blame: the leader who talks of poverty but lives in luxury, or the poor who choose a leader of that type?



What Christian love cannot do is effected by a common hatred.

What Christian love cannot do is effected by a common hatred.



The true measure of leadership is influence - nothing more, nothing less.

The true measure of leadership is influence - nothing more, nothing less.



He was the ghost you never saw coming, death breathing down your neck before you even realized you were in the crosshairs.

He was the ghost you never saw coming, death breathing down your neck before you even realized you were in the crosshairs.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "We went to the Moon as technicians; we returned as humanitarians.". Author of this quote is Edgar Mitchell. This quote is about apollo, space, moon, technicians,.