William Anders Quotes

#1. It's tiny out there ... it's inconsequential. It's ironic that we had come to study the Moon and it was really discovering the Earth.

William Anders

#2. Is the Moon made out of green cheese? No, it's American cheese.

William Anders

#3. I have a huge, active imagination, and I think I'm really scared of being alone; because if I'm left to my own devices, I'll just turn into a madwoman.

Claire Danes

#4. The man who has many answers
is often found
in the theaters of information
where he offers, graciously,
his deep findings.
While the man who has only questions,
to comfort himself, makes music.

Mary Oliver

#5. There is only one fault, only one: our inability to feed upon light.

Simone Weil

#6. We carry our families like anchors, rooting us in storms, making sure we never drift from where and who we are. We carry our families within us the way we carry our breath underwater, keeping us afloat, keeping us alive.

Erika Swyler

#7. The purer I try to become, the nearer I feel to be to God.

Mahatma Gandhi

#8. We came all this way to explore the moon, and the most important thing is that we discovered the earth.

William A. Anders Apollo 8 Lunar Module Pilot

#9. The human body is robust. It can gather strength when it's in mortal danger.

Toni Morrison

#10. You could see the flames and the outer skin of the spacecraft glowing; and burning, baseball-size chunks flying off behind us. It was an eerie feeling, like being a gnat inside a blowtorch flame.

William Anders

#11. Too young to hold on and too old to just break free and run

Jeff Buckley

#12. Looks like a sand pile my kids have been playing in for a long time - it's all beat up - no definition - just a lot of bumps and holes.

William Anders