“Fling out, fling out, with cheer and shout, To all the winds of Our Country's Banner! Be every bar, and every star, Displayed in full and glorious manner! Blow, zephyrs, blow, keep the dear ensign flying! Blow, zephyrs, sweetly mournful, sighing, sighing, sighing!” CountryStarsWindDearBlowFlyingBarsOur CountryGloriousCheerFlagsBannerFlingZephyr Book:The microcosm, and other poems Source: The microcosm, and other poems
“The night folds her trembling hands over a weary world. Out of a pale blue rises the shining moon. My thoughts are flying to the stars like lonely swans.” WorldHandsNightStarsMoonLonelyBlueShiningFlyingPaleWearyMy ThoughtsFoldsTremblingSwansTrembling Hands Author:Joseph Goebbels
“Chances are, the aliens will not want to land on our backyard, or even the White House lawn, with their flying saucers. They may have tiny, robotic self-replicating probes which can reach near light speed and can proliferate around the galaxy. So instead of the Enterprise and huge star ships, the aliens might actually send tiny probes to explore the universe. One might land on our lawn and we won't even know.” KnowsWantMaySelfLightMightUniverseHouseStarsChanceWhiteLandHugeSpeedTinyFlyingShipsAliensEnterpriseWhite HouseGalaxyChances AreLawnsRoboticsBackyardsFlying Saucers Author:Michio Kaku
“Have you ever, on a cloudless night, looked down from a passing aircraft flying over Canada? Endless, glowing strings of cities, towns, and homesteads. Stretching on and on, one province to the next. With only the stars in the distance.” NightNextStarsCitiesTownsDistanceFlyingEndlessPassingPassingsCanadaStringsStretchingGlowingProvincesAircraft Author:Paul Martin