"I think my dad [ Stephen Hawking] would have been pleased if I had turned out a scientist because he truly believes that is the most interesting career open to anyone. But he also believes that you have to follow your own path in life and so he certainly wasn't going to push me toward theoretical physics when it didn't look like I was going in that direction naturally."

-- Stephen Hawking

#Dad Quotes #Believe Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“There is nothing more miserable in the world than to arrive in paradise and look like your passport photo.”
“I never refused an autograph, never refused to buy someone a drink. Now I'm learning to say I've got other things on, instead of doing it and wondering why.”

Source : "I'm Gazza - and I am an alcoholic", www.theguardian.com. September 23, 2001.
“I take care of military families. Their sacrifices are very real.”
“Every single person in the government swears an oath to the very same constitution, to abide by the laws in pursuance of this constitution, and they all have the responsibility to follow its plain words....If a judge makes a ruling that is contrary to the plain words of the Constitution, then it's not law, it's just his bad opinion!”
“Any stigma, as the old saying is, will serve to beat a dogma.”

Source : 'Masters and Men' (1923) 'Ministers of State'
“Politics are important but your soul lasts forever. So, you know, you make ... decisions on what you think is right or wrong and then you just go forward.”
“As long as there are history books, Neil Armstrong will be included in them, remembered for taking humankindâ€™s first small step on a world beyond our own. Besides being one of Americaâ€™s greatest explorers, Neil carried himself with a grace and humility that was an example to us all. When President Kennedy challenged the nation to send a human to the moon, Neil Armstrong accepted without reservation. As we enter this next era of space exploration, we do so standing on the shoulders of Neil Armstrong.”
“But most of all I was inspired by the stirring examples of all the other runners. In some pictures they would seem like tiny dots in a mosaic, but each had a separate narrative starting a few months or a lifetime earlier and finishing that day in the New York City Marathon, the race with 37,000 stories.”

Source : Mark Sutcliffe (2013). “Why I Run: The Remarkable Journey of the Ordinary Runner”, p.70, eBookIt.com

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