Curbeam Astronaut Quotes & Sayings

It was not a matter of believing or disbelieving what I read, but of feeling something new, of being affected by something that made the look of the world different. — Richard Wright

We have years to converse with someone, to blurt and rant, to explain our desires and anger and regrets - and oh how we squander those moments. — Jeffery Deaver

I went to the beach a couple of times in New York City. Tough summer out there, but I was pretty excited. I found what I thought at the time was a very rare seashell. And I took it to a friend of mine who works in a museum. And I was really disappointed. It turned out to be just a human ear. — David Letterman

Once the people of planet Earth are all hanging out together online in a virtual world without any borders, I think it could change social networking, entertainment and even politics. — Ernest Cline

What the work of art looks like isn't too important. — Sol LeWitt

People development should be a daily event, integrated into every aspect of your regular goings-on. — Jack Welch

Can you think of anything worse one can do to anybody than take away their worship? — Peter Shaffer

The result was that, if it happened to clear off after a cloudy evening, I frequently arose from my bed at any hour of the night or morning and walked two miles to the observatory to make some observation included in the programme. — Simon Newcomb

As you learn to trust me, as you give yourself to me, so will I learn to trust you, and give you myself. — Jasinda Wilder

Not many people get to the major leagues and succeed right away. There are some struggles. Everyone seems to struggle. — George Brett

I had two starts, really. The first was going to the Italia Conti stage school, aged 15. I'd gone to sing, but one day I found myself doing an improvisation and thought, 'Oh God, I quite like this acting thing.' The second start was meeting Mike Leigh when I was 22. He showed me I could play people that weren't like me. — Lesley Manville

We depend on manly characteristics to keep us safe. Every single one of the dead firemen heroes on 9/11 were men. This was one group where liberals didn't ask why there wasn't a more pleasing gender balance, because the Upper West Side is not fireproof. What happens in combat in some distant field is abstract to liberals, but they can understand the need to have strong, brave men in their fire department. — Kate O'Beirne