"We've undergone a very heavy level of scrutiny by review boards because of Genesis and because of the Columbia accident. . . . It was a cultural shift in NASA, that you're now required to understand all the risks."

-- Donald E. Brownlee

#Risk Quotes #Boards Quotes #Levels Quotes

“By an epiphany he meant a sudden spiritual manifestation, whether in the vulgarity of speech or of gesture or memorable phrase of the mind itself. He believed it was for the man of letters to record these epiphanies with extreme care (saving them for later use, that is), seeing that they themselves are the most delicate and evanescent of moments.”
“Until you're prepared to kill your parents, you're not really prepared to change the country because our parents are our first oppressors.”
“If there were two princes in Christendom who had good will and courage, it would be very easy to reconcile the religious difficulties; there is only one Jesus Christ and one faith, and all the rest is a dispute over trifles.”
“Gratitude conserves the vital energies of a person more than any other attitude tested.”
“Of course a certain number of scientists have to go mad, just to keep the tradition alive.”
“The right to privacy...is broad enough to encompass a woman's decision whether or not to terminate her pregnancy.”
“As a matter of fact, if we could communicate the truth, not only to the Hispanics but to the black population, all blacks should be Republican, and all Hispanics should be Republican.”
“Some people will dream big dreams while others will wake up and do them.”

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