Auguste Piccard Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“[Smoking is] a dirty habit that should be banned from America by the Government, instead of moderate alcoholic drinking.”
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“As to rocket ships flying between America and Europe, I believe it is worth seriously trying for. Thirty years ago persons who were developing flying were laughed at as mad, and that scorn hindered aviation. Now we heap similar ridicule upon stratoplane or rocket ships for trans-Atlantic flights.”
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“Exploration is the sport of the scientist”
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“To climb the highest peaks, to travel through… celestial space, to turn our searchlights upon domains of eternal darkness, that is what makes life worth living.”
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