Homer Hickam Quotes

NASA's charter is to give Americans the means to get into the wild, black yonder, beyond even the grasp of the federal government that funded it.

Homer Hickam

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 19, 1943

Topics

GovernmentBlackNASABeyondWild

If we depend for our happiness on another, on society or on environment, they become essential to us; we cling to them, and any alteration of these we violently oppose because we depend upon them for our psychological security and comfort.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

HappinessSocietySecurityComfort

Blessed is the man who has some congenial work, some occupation in which he can put his heart, and which affords a complete outlet to all the forces there are in him.

John Burroughs

WorkHeartManBlessedHimComplete

As a lonely teenager growing up in Virginia, I fed off any pop culture that could show me different ways of being from what I saw on 'The Cosby Show' reruns or read about in an Ann M. Martin book.

Jenna Wortham

CultureMeGrowing UpBookLonely

Seek not to know what must not be reveal, for joy only flows where fate is most concealed. A busy person would find their sorrows much more; if future fortunes were known before!

John Dryden

FutureJoyBusyFateFindPerson

When people say, 'You seem so grounded; you seem so normal,' I think it's the way I was raised and the way my sister and I were brought up by our parents.

Trisha Yearwood

ParentsPeopleSisterThinkYouSay

I want to do 'Company of Heroes 2,' if they do it. It depends on how the movie performs, but they hope it will perform well. They have a franchise on their mind, and if it's a franchise, man, I'm going to be a very happy person.

Tom Sizemore

HopeManHappyMindPersonWant

I never started out trying to be an actor. That was not my passion, this was not my thing.

Rose McGowan

PassionTryingActorNeverOut

On my US tour maybe three out of 30 shows there was an Elvis impersonator in the crowd but that's it. I usually get younger fans, and those that come that are of an older generation end up walking out because it's too loud.

Lisa Marie Presley

EndGenerationWalkingThreeOutUp

Americans have been tremendously fortunate in poetry, regarding both the quantity and quality of poetry produced. Unfortunately, it remains in schools and universities; it is not widely distributed.

Joseph Brodsky

QualityPoetryQuantityFortunate

My dream was to win the World Series, and I know the fans' dream was to win the World Series as well. So we are on the same page, and I really enjoy my time in Houston.

Jose Altuve

TimeWinWorldEnjoyDreamKnow

And while it is true that I got the best woman in the world, I don't think love saves you.

Dorothy Allison

LoveBestWomanWorldThinkYou

Everyone has power. But it doesn't help if you don't use it.

Sylvia Earle

PowerHelpYouEveryoneUse

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