Rockets Quotes - Page 13

• You hang around with good people, you play a lot of golf, and you have a pretty good life. That's what success is all about. It's getting people you like, who want to take the hill with you, who want to win, who have the passion. This is not rocket science.

  Jack Welch

  Good Life, Passion, Golf

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• Sometimes people try to give me advice going forward, and they say, "You know, you've just got to work to be more likeable in Washington." And I laugh and say, "You know this isn't rocket science.

  Ted Cruz

  People, Giving, Laughing

  Interview with Glenn Thrush, www.politico.com. July 18, 2016.

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• Enjoying science shouldn't be rocket science.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Enjoy, Rocket Science

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I don't think this is rocket science. I think we have some common interests, like dismantling our nuclear weapons, dealing with terrorism and, in my view, you know, [Barack] Obama is now cooperating with [Vladimir] Putin to drop bombs.

  Jill Stein

  Thinking, Views, Nuclear

  "Off Message" with Glenn Thrush, www.politico.com. September 19, 2016.

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• I was way into space and planes. I had loads of model planes and rockets.

  Rich Fulcher

  Space, Way, Planes

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• One of my favorite comics is Love and Rockets by the Hernandez Brothers. They do such a wonderful job of showing you how the character of Maggie ages and really doesn't present that with any kind of judgment.

  Cliff Chiang

  Brother, Jobs, Character

  "Paper Girls: Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang talk Volume 2". Interview With Nivea Serrao, ew.com. November 29, 2016.

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• We need early warning systems, technologies to deflect an asteroid - and we need political preparedness as well. It needs to be clear who is to decide what, who launches the rockets, who presents which bills to its citizens. This is a planetary decision. We need to do this all together. Or it will not happen.

  Rusty Schweickart

  Technology, Decision, Political

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Television was first conceived to be used as some kind of telescope, not for broadcasting. Originally, Sworkin, the inventor of television, wanted to settle cameras on rockets so that it would be possible to watch the sky.

  Paul Virilio

  Sky, Telescopes, Firsts

  Source: ctheory.net

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• There's not a rocket scientist, not a doctor, not an accountant that 30 years in goes, "Oh, now I'm getting it. Now I can't wait to get back out there because I'm better than ever."

  Jay Mohr

  Doctors, Years, Waiting

  Source: underthegunreview.net

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• We're all gonna land, we don't have rocket packs that last forever. But these things that we love, these things that give us purpose, these moments along the way are our parachutes. So I feel very fortunate to have all of these. Art and my family are pretty much my biggest parachutes.

  Frank Iero

  Art, Land, Giving

  Source: indientry.com

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• Regimes planted by bayonets do not take root... Our military strength is a prerequisite to peace, but let it be clear we maintain this strength in the hope it will never be used, for the ultimate determinant in the struggle that's now going on in the world will not be bombs and rockets but a test of wills and ideas, a trial of spiritual resolve, the values we hold, the beliefs we cherish, the ideals to which we are dedicated.

  Ronald Reagan

  Spiritual, Peace, Military

  Address to British Parliament, delivered 8 June 1982, Royal Gallery at the Palace of Westminster, London

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• Don't need a degree in rocket science to do this job.

  Alexander Gordon Smith

  Jobs, Degrees, Needs

  Alexander Gordon Smith (2010). “Escape from Furnace 1: Lockdown”, p.59, Faber & Faber

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• People always overestimate how complex business is. This isn't rocket science. We've chosen one of the world's simplest professions.

  Jack Welch

  People, World, Chosen One

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• There are two specific objections to use of psychedelic drugs.First,use of these drugs may be dangerous.Howev er,every worth-while exploration is dangerous-climb ing mountains,testi ng aircraft,rocket ing into outer space,or collecting botanical specimens in jungles.But if you value knowledge & the actual delight of exploration more than mere duration of uneventful life,you are willing to take the risks.

  Alan Watts

  Two, Space, Risk

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• The Palestinians cannot throw rockets and expect people not to defend themselves

  Joan Rivers

  People, Palestinian

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• I'm a huge Wes Anderson fan. I literally love every single film. He hasn't made a bad film; I've seen every single one. They've all been brilliant, from 'Bottle Rocket' up to 'Moonrise Kingdom,' they've all been wonderful.

  Saoirse Ronan

  Fans, Bottles, Kingdoms

  "Saoirse Ronan, ‘The Host’ Star, On Playing Dual Roles & Wes Anderson Love". Interview With Christopher Rosen, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 28, 2013.

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• I'm not a chef. I haven't created any new technique in the kitchen. I'm not a rocket scientist. I think I'm good at writing accessible, fun, and affordable meals for the average American family. That's what I think I'm good at.

  Rachael Ray

  Fun, Writing, Thinking

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• There are many ways of seeing the world. You can hang upside down from a meteor, volunteer to be the fourth stage of a three-stage rocket, or simply get in a balloon and keep going. But if it's sheer, unadulterated discomfort you're looking for, just stay on land.

  Michael Palin

  Land, Volunteer, Three

  "Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days". Documentary, 1989.

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• We will never be an advanced civilization as long as rain showers can delay the launching of a space rocket.

  George Carlin

  Rain, Civilization, Space

  George Carlin (2002). “Napalm & Silly Putty”, Hyperion

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• [On the propulsive force of rockets] One part of fire takes up as much space as ten parts of air, and one part of air takes up the space of ten parts of water, and one part of water as much as ten parts of earth. Now powder is earth, consisting of the four elementary principles, and when the sulfur conducts the fire into the dryest part of the powder, fire, and air increase ... the other elements also gird themselves for battle with each other and the rage of battle is changed by their heat and moisture into a strong wind.

  Vannoccio Biringuccio

  Strong, Science, Space

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• It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that if you tell kids they're stupid--directly or indirectly--sooner or later they start to believe it.

  Erin Gruwell

  Stupid, Believe, Kids

  The Freedom Writers, Erin Gruwell (2007). “The Freedom Writers Diary (Movie Tie-in Edition): How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them”, p.39, Broadway Books

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• It ain't always rocket science, sometimes a door is just a door.

  James Rollins

  Doors, Sometimes, Rocket Science

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• Greenspan's eventual explanation for the growing gap between stock prices and actual productivity was that, fortuitously, the laws of nature had changed -- humanity had reached a happy stage of history where bullshit could be used as rocket fuel.

  Matt Taibbi

  Law, Bullshit, Humanity

  Matt Taibbi (2010). “Griftopia: Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America”, p.60, Spiegel & Grau

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• We can shoot rockets into space but we can't cure anger or discontent.

  John Steinbeck

  Space, Cures, Discontent

  John Steinbeck (2008). “The Winter of Our Discontent”, p.151, Penguin

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• Two things that matter to me. Emotional resonance and rocket launchers.

  Joss Whedon

  Emotional, Two, Matter

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