Ellen Stofan Quotes

If you think of the Apollo capsule coming into Earth with a parachute, the Mars atmosphere is just so thin, you've got to find some way of slowing yourself down really rapidly.

Ellen Stofan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Topics

YourselfThinkYouFindDownEarth

There are thousands of capable Americans who would pursue a degree in nursing if we had room in our schools for them.

Jeff Merkley

CapableDegreeRoomPursueWould

I want to be a woman who has a little bit more figured out, who doesn't have so many doubts.

Mia Goth

WomanWantMoreOutLittleDoubts

A book worth reading is worth buying.

John Ruskin

BookReadingWorthBuying

Adam Clayton Powell Jr. was a very savvy character. His drinking and carousing, his charisma and intelligence... the things he did in Congress. He passed for white, then became a black advocate.

Ron Cephas Jones

CharacterIntelligenceBlackWhite

Ford Maddox Ford's 'The Good Soldier' is my favourite novel. I first read it in the 1950s and have read it about 20 times since. It's possibly the best-constructed book in the English language.

Ruth Rendell

GoodBookLanguageEnglish Language

Big Stephen King fan. I think he's dismissed often as a hack probably because of his prolific body of work, but he's anything but. I think he's a terrific writer. And not just a genre writer; he really approaches a number of complexities in everything he writes. So I'm a huge fan.

Miguel Ferrer

WorkKingThinkBodyEverythingBig

He was somebody who made me think, I suppose, about the contemplative life. I've always been a city fellow, but I've often had vague thoughts about 'checking out' and perhaps going into a monastery and just seeing what it was like.

Derek Jacobi

LifeCityMeThoughtsThinkSeeing

Playing two people is definitely difficult, but it's made possible by everyone around me, and it's a big team effort.

Dove Cameron

EffortPeopleMeTeamPossibleBig

Your soul is infinitely creative. It is alive and expansive in nature. It is curious and playful, changing with the tides of time.

Debbie Ford

NatureTimeSoulCreativeCurious

War is hell. Hollywood fantasizes about it and makes it look good... war sucks.

Chris Kyle

GoodWarHellLookHollywoodSucks

Every city and town in America would be bankrupt if they kept their books the way private-sector companies keep their books - because of the obligation cities and towns have taken upon themselves to provide health care for their retirees.

Clayton M. Christensen

HealthCityCareAmericaWayKeep

I lost in the second round of the French Open and had 10 days off. I went to the Hard Rock Cafe. It was exciting to be away from my parents, to stay in a hotel. Hotels at 17 meant freedom.

Boris Becker

FreedomParentsHotelLostRock

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Ellen Stofan