October Sky Quentin Quotes & Sayings

Men fear death as children fear to go into the dark and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other — Francis Bacon

What door is opened into soul through our wounds. — James Hillman

I dont know how to say this but ... I LOVE YOU — Mickie James

Children are game for anything. I throw them hard words, and they backhand them over the net. They love words that give them a hard time, provided they are in a context that absorbs their attention. — E.B. White

O my dear parishioners, let us endeavor to get to heaven! There we shall see God. How happy we shall feel! If the parish is converted we shall go there in procession with the parish priest at the head ... We must get to heaven! What a pity it would be if some of you were to find yourselves on the other side! — Jean-Marie Le Pen

Cantor illustrated the concept of infinity for his students by telling them that there was once a man who had a hotel with an infinite number of rooms, and the hotel was fully occupied. Then one more guest arrived. So the owner moved the guest in room number 1 into room number 2; the guest in room number 2 into number 3; the guest in 3 into room 4, and so on. In that way room number 1 became vacant for the new guest.
What delights me about this story is that everyone involved, the guests and the owner, accept it as perfectly natural to carry out an infinite number of operations so that one guest can have peace and quiet in a room of his own. That is a great tribute to solitude. — Peter Hoeg

It's the only thing sexier than a sexy woman. A sexy woman cooking fuckin' sausages. — Roddy Doyle

And Watford acknowledge the support of the crowd, indeed of the crowd that supported them — Barry Davies

I definitely felt the pressure I wanted to live up to all of the expectations — Elijah Wood

I had wanted simply to convey to the reader by way of concrete example that life holds a potential meaning under any conditions, even the most miserable ones. And I thought that if the point were demonstrated in a situation as extreme as that in a concentration camp, my book might gain a hearing. I therefore felt responsible for writing down what I had gone through, for I thought it might be helpful to people who are prone to despair. — Viktor E. Frankl

There's no one else to blame. No Bores or Old Ladies or Norton or Assassins waiting at the bridge. — Paul Zindel

Hold my hands, O Lord, for the world is so crowded,
If I lose myself, whom else would I condemn? — Preeth Nambiar

People will think you're courting me.'
'Nonsense, everyone knows I don't court respectable women. — Julia Quinn