Andy Weir Quotes

If someone offered me a free trip to the International Space Station, I would decline. I like Earth. I like the internet. I like Diet Coke. I have cats. I write about brave people - I'm not one of them.

Andy Weir

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CatsSpacePeopleMeBraveFree

Thank you... adjustable baseball caps with no logo on the front and mesh netting in the back, for being a great way to say, 'Hi, I'm over 80 years old.'

Jimmy Fallon

GreatBaseballThank YouYouBack

If we're still talking about the same thing 40 or 50 years later, then that means we're not doing anything about it.

Joe Morton

DoingTalkingSameYearsAnything

The biggest stress for me at New York Magazine was when I was a middle-of-the-pack editor, and I had no control over my own schedule.

Joanna Coles

StressNew YorkMeControlNewOver

It doesn't help to wait until something happens and then prosecute the offenders, especially if it's the idea of the offender to extinguish himself in the commission of the crime.

John Ashcroft

WaitHelpCrimeSomethingIdeaThen

In this life he laughs longest who laughs last.

John Masefield

LifeLastWhoLongestHeLaughs

CDs are not as good as vinyl, and you buy one in the supermarket along with the yoghurt.

Jean-Michel Jarre

GoodYouVinylBuyAlongCDs

If something doesn't work, you have to admit it. Always try to find what's going right and what's going wrong with your music. If you can, pool your resources and record yourself; do that frequently.

Steve Forbert

WorkMusicYourselfYouFindWrong

I actually studied accounting in college. So I'm a CPA.

Stacy Brown-Philpot

CollegeAccountingActuallyStudied

I was such a tomboy when I was young. I hated girls' clothes.

Suki Waterhouse

ClothesYoungTomboyHated

As the OLPC laptop was getting ready to go into mass production in 2007, many executives approached me wanting the screen that I invented, and the laptop architecture that I co-invented, for their new laptops, cell phones, and other devices.

Mary Lou Jepsen

ArchitectureMeReadyGoNewPhones

Rather than giving people an inflated view of themselves, we need to give them concrete reasons to feel good about themselves.

Martin Seligman

GoodPeopleFeel GoodViewGiving

As a child, I dreamed that my bed could fly and glide and swoop and hover high over the countryside near my home while, snug and secure, I looked down in wonder at the great carpet of life that seemed so perfect beneath me.

Michael Leunig

LifeHomeGreatChildMeFly

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