It could reach up and grab the moon.
Interpretation
The quote suggests that ambition and desire can lead to extraordinary achievements.
In this quote, Ray Bradbury illustrates the power of human aspiration and imagination. To 'reach up and grab the moon' symbolizes the pursuit of lofty dreams and goals—encouraging individuals to aim high and believe in their potential to achieve seemingly impossible feats. It serves as a reminder to push boundaries and let our dreams guide us to greater heights.
In practice
In a motivational speech to inspire students to pursue their dreams.
I've written about 2,000 short stories; I've only published 300 and I feel I'm still learning. Any man who keeps working is not a failure. He may not be a great writer, but if he applies the old fashioned virtues of hard, constant labor, he'll eventually make some kind of career for himself as a writer. Ray Bradbury, 1967 interview (Doing the Math - that means for every story he sold, he wrote six "un-publishable" ones. Keep typing!)
I never went to college, so I went to the library.
There must be something in books, something we can’t imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house; there must be something there. You don’t stay for nothing.
I think the sun is a flower, That blooms for just one hour.
The first thing a writer should be is - excited. He should be a thing of fevers and enthusiasms. Without such vigor, he might as well be out picking peaches or digging ditches; God knows it'd be better for his health.
You can't try to do things; you simply must do them.
In Genua, someone set out to make dreams come true. Remember some of your dreams?
You've gotta blow the roof off of your heart and let the universe in.
I hope that somewhere in Small Town, U.S.A., a 15-year-old kid looks to me as a role model the way I looked at the Indigo Girls and Elton John as role models.
I dream of an India that is prosperous, strong and caring. An India, that regains a place of honour in the comity of great nations.
What I see everywhere in the world are ordinary people willing to confront despair, power, and incalculable odds in order to restore some semblance of grace, justice, and beauty to this world.
America is the student who defies the odds to become the first in a family to go to college - the citizen who defies the cynics and goes out there and votes - the young person who comes out of the shadows to demand the right to dream. That's what America is about.
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