"There is no one area of chemical engineering that specifically helped me in my career as an astronaut, it was more the general education in engineering. Also, it was a very difficult and rigorous course. So, it made me strong and resourceful."

-- Leroy Chiao

#Strong Quotes #Engineering Quotes #Careers Quotes

“Before we get started, let's all say 'Happy Birthday' to Elvis Presley today.”

Source : "Michele Bachmann’s Elvis Birthday Message Comes On Anniversary Of ‘The King’s’ Death". www.huffingtonpost.com. August 16, 2011.
“I usually like to keep to myself, but others can tell if I'm upset because I'm keeping to myself.”

Source : "Allen Evangelista – Project Almanac Actor: Maintaining Perspective". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“No one knows how to write a novel until it's been written”
“I've learned there's nothing wrong with being a little fussy. I used to pride myself on being low-maintenance - I wore it like a badge of honor.”

Source : Sterling Hayden (2015). “Wanderer”, p.43, Pickle Partners Publishing
“I listen to lots of music, especially Bach, opera (all periods), German lieder, chamber music, and rock, old and new. I can't listen to music while I write. It's too absorbing.”
“I want to congratulate all the men out there who are working diligently to be good fathers whether they are stepfathers, or biological fathers or just spiritual fathers.”
“[...] Technology has tended to devaluate the traditional vision-inducing materials. The illumination of a city, for example, was once a rare event, reserved for victories and national holidays, for the canonization of saints and the crowning of kings. Now it occurs nightly and celebrates the virtues of gin, cigarettes and toothpaste.”
“If even in science there is no a way of judging a theory but by assessing the number, faith and vocal energy of its supporters, then this must be even more so in the social sciences: truth lies in power.”

Source : "Peirce's Theory of Inquiry and Beyond" by Thora Margareta Bertilsson, (p. 41), 2009.

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