William Anders Quotes & Sayings

Is the Moon made out of green cheese? No, it's American cheese. — William Anders

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

I think the thing that impressed me the most was the Lunar's sunrises and sunsets. These in particular bring out the stark nature of the terrain ... The horizon here is very, very stark, the sky is pitch black and the earth, or the moon rather, excuse me, is quite light, and the contrast between the sky and the moon is a vivid dark line. — William Anders

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

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