"I recall a lecture by John Glenn, the first American to go into orbit. When asked what went through his mind while he was crouched in the rocket nose-cone, awaiting blast-off, he replied, "I was thinking that the rocket has 20,000 components, and each was made by the lowest bidder.""

-- Martin Rees

#Thinking Quotes #Mind Quotes #Noses Quotes

“Never laugh at those who suffer; suffer sometimes those who laugh.”
“Ignorance is not innocence.”
“Much of the left's hate speech bears greater similarity to a psychological disorder than to standard political discourse. The hatred is blinding, producing logical contradictions that would be impossible to sustain were it not for the central element faith plays in the left's new religion. The basic tenet of their faith is this: Maybe they were wrong on facts and policies, but they are good and conservatives are evil. You almost want to give it to them. It's all they have left.”
“I don't want to look sloppy, because then I feel sloppy”
“May I always have a heart superior, with economy suitable, to my fortune.”
“A seventeenth-century painting can be "modern" because the living eye finds it fresh and new. A "modern" painting can be outdated because it was a product of the moment and not of time.”
“Create the world you want, and fill it with the opportunities that matter to you.”
“It is in the nature of the human being to seek a justification for his actions.”

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