# Quote — James A. Michener, Space

> Scientists dream about doing great things. Engineers do them.

- Author: [James A. Michener](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-a-michener.md)
- Book: [Space](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-a-michener/space.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/James_A._Michener#Space_(1982)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Topics: [science](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/science.md)
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-a-michener/space/scientists-dream-about

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> An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-a-michener/space/an-age-is-called.md)

Topics: [truth](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/truth.md), [knowledge](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/knowledge.md)

> On 24 October 1944 Planet Earth was following its orbit about the sun as it has obediently done for nearly five billion years.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-a-michener/space/on-24-october.md)