"I am sitting here 93 million miles from the sun on a rounded rock which is spinning at the rate of 1000 miles an hour... and my head pointing down into space with nothing between me and infinity but something called gravity which I can't even understand, and which you can't even buy any place so as to have some stored away for a gravityless day..."

-- Russell Baker

#Science Quotes #Space Quotes #Rocks Quotes

“The one thing about music is that there are no rules.”
“While farmers generally allow one rooster for ten hens, ten men are scarcely sufficient to service one woman.”
“Some scholars have been arguing that a civilizational clash between organized religions is the next step in human history.”
“I am a big believer in early intervention.”
“There are many marks of a true lady but I believe that one of them is to walk with her head held high while her world falls apart around her.”

Source : Hester Browne (2007). “The Little Lady Agency”, p.15, Simon and Schuster
“When you move the camera, or you do a shot like the crane down (in Shawshank) with them standing on the edge of the roof, then it's got to mean something. You've got to know why you're doing it; it's got to be for a reason within the story, and to further the story.”
“When you give the government an inch, they take a mile.”
“Money tends to make people suspicious, if there's any money floating around.”

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