Howson Library Quotes & Sayings

I left Aerospace because I wanted to go build, and put spacecraft together. — Gwynne Shotwell

I really believe you can carry yourself in such a way that people don't notice you. — Clive Owen

Men are just as willing as women to marry up, and life is now giving them the opportunity ... So, women, own up to your accomplishments, buy him a drink, and tell him what you really do. — Liza Mundy

throw caution to the wind and just do it — Carrie Underwood

Democracy means decision by those concerned. — Carl Friedrich Von Weizsacker

It had always been a part of his job which he found difficult, the total lack of privacy for the victim. Murder stripped away more than life itself. The body was parceled, labelled, dissected; address books, diaries, confidential letters, every part of the victim's life was sought out and scrutinized. Alien hands moved among the clothes, picked up and examined the small possessions, recorded and labelled for public view the sad detritus of sometimes pathetic lives. — P.D. James

It's very hard to be an innovator at the highest level in any discipline. For some chefs it's merely about combining ingredients, but that's something you can do with your eyes closed. — Ferran Adria

I thought if Oasis could get away with sounding like The Beatles, I could get away with sounding like Abba. — Pete Waterman

Everyone asks me 'how it feels to fly.' It feels like riding in a high powered automobile, minus bumping over the rough roads, continually signaling to clear the way and keeping a watchful on the speedometer to see that you do not exceed the speed limit and provoke the wrath of the bicycle policeman or the covetous constable. — Harriet Quimby