Sally Ride Quotes

I did not come to NASA to make history.

Sally Ride

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: astronaut
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 26, 1951 - July 23, 2012

Topics

HistoryNASAComeMakeDid

There's still a place for someone to come up with a strong headline, some copy in a commercial that's well written. I'm not saying it was better in the old days; it's just a totally different way of communicating.

Jerry Della Femina

SayingStrongBetterSomeonePlace

To believe that your husband, wife, parents, kids, boss, job, bank account, or body is even partly responsible for your emotions, to think that there are bullets 'out there' that you have to contend with, that there are stressful life events to overcome, is to miss something vital.

Andrew J. Bernstein

LifeJobWifeBossParentsBelieve

I'm 26 years old. I don't need to be playing 16 anymore.

Mena Suvari

OldNeedYearsPlayingAnymore

A ruler isn't always straight.

Robert Half

AlwaysRulerStraight

Consumers have not been told effectively enough that they have huge power and that purchasing and shopping involve a moral choice.

Anita Roddick

PowerShoppingEnoughChoiceMoral

Sobriety and health is the greatest thing.

Jeff Bridges

HealthSobrietyGreatestThing

Nothing the desert produces expresses it better than the unhappy growth of the tree yuccas.

Mary Hunter Austin

GrowthTreeDesertBetterUnhappy

History has shown us that, on extraordinarily rare occasions, it becomes necessary for the federal government to intervene on behalf of individuals whose 14th Amendment rights to legal due process and equal protection may be violated by a state.

Mike Simpson

HistoryGovernmentProcessLegalMay

When I was young, I couldn't imagine women of 60 falling in love. For one thing, people used to stay married; they weren't out in the jungle, searching for romance. Besides, these women just looked so ancient - permed hair, beige cardis.

Deborah Moggach

LoveWomenPeopleHairJungleYoung

An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.

Confucius

GovernmentTigerMoreThanFeared

I started out doing music videos and photography, and I always loved writing.

Brendan Fletcher

MusicWritingLovedPhotographyOut

I try to find the core values that are so fundamental that they transcend ethnic identity. That doesn't mean I run from it. I embrace African-American culture and I love it and embrace it, but it is a part of a human identity. So I'm always trying to make a larger human statement.

Wynton Marsalis

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