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

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.

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

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.

Don’t ask what it will cost or how much of your time you will have to sacrifice. Instead, ask what it’s worth.

Even in forgetting there is an aspect of recollection, a faded few moments of wispy consciousness clung like webs in high-vaulted chambers, moving ever so lightly with the draft.

Avarice is patriotic!

In business, you can have one massive success that earns $50 million overnight, and that's it. You're successful. End of story. But in the music business, you have to keep on doing it.

Yet there are some people - Steve Allen would dissect comedy forever; he's a really funny guy, but he would love talking about comedy. I'm doing it right now and you all seem bored.

in writing we live life twice: once in the experience, and again in recording and reflecting upon our experience.

Let's make math fun and sexy and glamorous. Smart is sexy, that's one of my main messages.

Without a great man writing and directing for me, I realised I was a mediocre movie star at best.

SHUCHU RYOKU - Focus all your energy to one point.

To make a happy fireside clime To weans and wife, That's the true pathos and sublime Of human life.