The universe is bigger than we’ll ever understand, which can make an evening of staring up into outer space a transcendent experience. There’s so much out there that’s unexplored, and just a glimpse we can catch with the naked eye.
Still, we can dream, whether it’s about being a legitimate astronaut or taking a more fantastical approach to imagining a journey through space and time. Space is endlessly inspiring, and if you can’t stop thinking about what lies beyond, try on one of these marvelous quotes as your next photo caption.
For when you always dreamed of being an astronaut:
“We would build a rocket ship and then we’d fly it far away, used to dream of outer space.”
-“Stressed Out,” twenty one pilots
For the shot of a “star” that’s actually a planet:
“When people stargazing, they stare at stars, and many other things which they’ve already presumed commonly and universally as stars.”
-Toba Beta
For being curious about whatever’s out there:
“To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.”
-Stephen Hawking
For when you’re away from the light pollution and get to see the stars in all their glory:
“Stars, everywhere. So many stars that I could not for the life me understand how the sky could contain them all yet be so black.”
-Peter Watts
For wishing you could soak in the full experience of heading to space:
“NASA’s next urgent mission should be to send good poets into space so they can describe what it’s really like.”
-Shannon Hale
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For when space motivates you to dream with no limits:
“I know the sky is not the limit because there are footprints on the moon.”
-Buzz Aldrin
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For being curious about everything humankind still hasn’t discovered about space:
“Space: the final frontier.”
James T. Kirk, Star Trek
For scouting distant planets through a telescope:
“Of course there are worlds. Millions of them! Every star you see has worlds, and most of those you don’t see.”
-Isaac Asimov
For when space makes everyday matters seem inconsequential:
“Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy.”
-Albert Einstein
For appreciating the fact that everything in the universe is connected in some way:
“The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself.”
-Carl Sagan
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For admiring the vast expanse of space:
“Intergalactic planetary, planetary intergalactic.”
-“Intergalactic,” Beastie Boys
For the inky black sky that makes you feel like a space traveler:
“At night, when the sky is full of stars and the sea is still you get the wonderful sensation that you are floating in space.”
-Natalie Wood
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For being a little spooked by just how big space must be:
“There’s a lot of space out there to get lost in.”
-John Robinson, Lost in Space
For knowing space travel is worth the trouble:
“Don’t tell me that man doesn’t belong out there. Man belongs wherever he wants to go—and he’ll do plenty well when he gets there.”
-Wernher von Braun
For when the night sky seems so close, yet so far:
“Space isn’t remote at all. It’s only an hour’s drive away if your car could go straight upwards.”
-Fred Hoyle
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For feeling endlessly inspired by the infinite potential of space:
“Space is an inspirational concept that allows you to dream big.”
-Peter Diamandis
For knowing you’ll never fully comprehend space:
“The universe is wider than our views of it.”
-Henry David Thoreau
For the view of the night sky that makes Earth seem like a tiny speck:
“Earth is a small town with many neighborhoods in a very big universe.”
-Ron Garan
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For not understanding the science of space, but respecting it anyhow:
“The universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.”
-Neil deGrasse Tyson
For when you’d gladly accept a one-way trip to outer space:
“If offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat. Just get on.”
-Christa McAuliffe
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