"Space is a harsh, inhospitable frontier and we are explorers, not colonisers. The skills of our engineers and the technology surrounding us make things appear simple when they are not, and perhaps we forget this sometimes. Better not to forget."

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Source : "Astronaut recounts his near-drowning on spacewalk". www.theguardian.com. August 20, 2013.

Luca Parmitano

#Technology Quotes #Simple Quotes #Space Quotes

“Itâ€™s funny how you can live somewhere your whole life, but not really see it.”
“A good story transcends boundaries, breaks barriers and opens doors.”
“Management must provide employees with tools that will enable them to do their jobs better, and with encouragement to use these tools. In particular, they must collect data.”
“The best way to learn is to do; the worst way to teach is to talk.”
“Music, the knife without a hilt,”

Source : Dorothy Dunnett (1999). “Checkmate: The Lymond Chronicles Book Six”, p.454, Penguin UK
“In general, Russia suffers from a frightening poverty in the sphere of facts and a frightening wealth of all types of arguments.”
“Crassus was in the habit of maintaining that nobody should be called rich who was not able to maintain an army on his income.”
“Destiny and fate are of oneâ€™s own making, and riches and happiness are rarely found at the end of an easily-traversed path.”

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