"There is a clarity, a brilliance to space that simply doesn't exist on earth, even on a cloudless summer's day in the Rockies, and nowhere else can you realize so fully the majesty of our Earth and be so awed at the thought that it's only one of untold thousands of planets."

-- Gus Grissom

#Summer Quotes #Space Quotes #Earth Quotes

“When a rose dies, a thorn is left behind.”
“The less you want, the richer you are. The more you need in order to be happy, the more miserable youâ€™ll be.”

Source : Yanni, David Rensin (2003). “Yanni in Words”, Miramax Books
“Sometimes I just hit the keyboard in a way I'd like the rhythm of the tracks to sound.”

Source : "Eponymous Rex". Interview with Marc Weidenbaum, disquiet.com. April 15, 1997.
“I have the best of both worlds. I can talk about Taylor Swift during the day, and at night I can sit in front of the TV and watch Thursday night football. At some point, if the two converge and it becomes one job where I can still talk about both, that would be amazing.”

Source : "Beat goes on for YouTube's 'Evolution of Dance' star". Interview with Ryan Osborn and Allison Berger, www.today.com. January 12, 2009.
“One has very little influence upon one's children. Their characters are what they are and one can do nothing to change them.”
“Happiness is a risk. If youâ€™re not a little scared, then youâ€™re not doing it right.”
“It's great to be in a room full of young people...The average age of the Senate, I think, is death.”

Source : "The week in one-liners" by Patrick Gavin, www.politico.com. April 8, 2011.
“I have to remind myself that some birds aren't meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up does rejoice.”

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