Pinta Quotes & Sayings

Yeah. This all sounds like a great idea with no chance of catastrophic failure. That was sarcasm, by the way. Well, — Andy Weir

We all know about Father Damien, the French priest who voluntarily forsook the world and went to the leper island of Molokai to labor among its population of sorrowful exiles who wait there, in slow-consuming misery, for death to come and release them from their troubles; — Mark Twain

Tain't worthwhile to wear a day all out before it comes. — Sarah Orne Jewett

We tend to hear much more about the splendors returned than the ships that brought them or the shipwrights. It has always been that way. Even those history books enamored of the voyages of Christopher Columbus do not tell much about the builders of the Nina the Pinta and the Santa Maria or about the principle of the caravel. These spacecraft their designers builders navigators and controllers are examples of what science and engineering set free for well-defined peaceful purposes can accomplish. Those scientists and engineers should be role models for an America seeking excellence and international competitiveness. They should be on our stamps. — Carl Sagan

The present in New York is so powerful that the past is lost. — John Jay Chapman

Inside I knew he was meant to be the guy that taught me about life. Even if he broke my heart eventually. — Abbi Glines

What did Saturday's used to taste like? Like eggs and fried ham and the bitter smell of hair in heavy rollers. Like long quiet hours and making up after a fight. Like ointment and bruising. Like waiting, especially, for something - anything - to happen. — Lauren Oliver