"It's almost comical that astronauts are stereotyped as daredevils and cowboys. As a rule, we're highly methodical and detail-oriented. Our passion isn't for thrills but for the grindstone, and pressing our noses to it."

-- Chris Hadfield

#Work Quotes #Passion Quotes #Cowboy Quotes

“The new law will create inflation whenever the trusts want inflation. From now on depressions will be scientifically created.”
“There's a saying that all roads lead to Ankh-Morpork. And it's wrong. All roads lead away from Ankh-Morpork, but sometimes people just walk along them the wrong way.”
“And, hungry for the old, familiar ways, I turned aside and bowed my head and wept.”

Source : Claude McKay, Gene Andrew Jarrett (1937). “A Long Way from Home”, p.94, Rutgers University Press
“I couldn't get any jobs, and when that happens, you get so humble it's disgusting. I didn't feel like a man anymore -- I felt really creepy. I was bumping into walls and saying, Excuse me.”
“My guitar and singing was my way of crying.”
“The urge to convert experience into a group of words that are in a grammatical relation to one another is the most basic, ongoing impulse of my life.”
“Chicago is a wonderful area because it's blessed with a tremendous number of museums of various sorts, not only the Art Institute of Chicago but the Field Museum of Natural History, the Oriental Museum on the south side.”
“Fear is like water. You need it. And it's good for you, as long as you have the right amount.”

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