"It's a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one's safety factor was determined by the lowest bidder on a government contract."

-- Alan Shepard

#Space Quotes #Government Quotes #Safety Quotes

“What if I like watching television? What if I don't want to do much else other than read a book?... What if I'm tired when I get home? What if I don't fill my days with frenetic activity?" "But one day you might wish you had”
“Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience.”
“I don't separate my books into historical novels and the rest. To me, they're all made-up worlds, and both kinds are borne out of curiosity, some investigation into the past.”
“I loved Harry Truman with all my heart and soul.”
“Christians today are forced to support, with their tax money, the establishment of another religious faith that stands opposed to everything they believe. The new state church has taken the form of the public school.”
“American foreign policy is now one huge big mystery. Simply put, the administration is trying to lead the world with a feel-good foreign policy.”
“Death only this mysterious truth unfolds, The mighty soul how small a body holds.”
“We are better people than what these laws represent, and it is time to discard them into the ash heap of history.”

Source : "Pennsylvania's gay marriage ban struck down by federal judge" by Lauren Gambino, www.theguardian.com. May 20, 2014.

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