Astronaut Jim Lovell Quotes & Sayings

Oh, I am such a nerd when it comes to music - I only listen to Broadway! — Laura Osnes

What I've really learned over time is that optimism is a very, very important part of leadership. — Bob Iger

One of the reasons many of us avoid meditation is that we think of it as work - and work we may not do perfectly. What if we didn't have to do it perfectly? What if we didn't have to "do" it at all? What if we could rest - and let God do the rest? — Julia Cameron

The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. Instead of changing their views to fit the facts, they try to change the facts to fit their views. — Kim Dotcom

I never knew a man more free from conceit, or one to whom it was a greater extent a pleasure, as well as a recognized duty, to listen patiently to what might be said to him upon any subject under consideration ... Neither, I need scarcely say, was he in the habit of talking, much less boasting, of his own achievements. — Martin Van Buren

My family, you know, are all still, you know, very close. We're all still very close. Mom and Daddy are still alive. So, what more can you ask for? Your kids are healthy. — Reba McEntire

Politics is but the common pulse-beat, of which revolution is the fever-spasm. — Wendell Phillips

I am much more my own man than I was when I was with the Stones. — Bill Wyman

Believers fight each other over the correct interpretation and even kill members of their own faiths in battles over doctrine. Civilization has been immensely retarded by such arcane interfaith quarrels and could now be destroyed by their modern versions. — Christopher Hitchens

On one day of the week, I relax - which is not true, I work furiously on other things. 'Relax' is not a word to me. — Philippe Petit

Sometimes, the unnecessary is necessary. — Oscar Wilde

Fantasy sports went a long way toward developing the sabermetrics formulas used not only by oddsmakers but general managers in hiring players. So the amateur fantasists ended up creating some of the algorithms that Oakland GM Billy Bean's statisticians used to win games with less salary money available for star players. — Douglas Rushkoff