Chris Hadfield Quotes

The Soyuz craft weighs tons, and you're lying on the floor of it on your back. But the Russians do tell you, remember, before you land, stop talking so you don't bite your tongue off.

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• If it weren't for the Internet, WWE probably wouldn't even know my name. If I had to rely on 'Pro Wrestling Illustrated' to get my name out there, it would have been a much more difficult road.

  

  Daniel Bryan
  • Road
  • Internet
  • Name

• I've ended up on some website list or some other list for super right-wing people. They've been tweeting some pretty rude stuff at me, so I think there's a sect of America out there that doesn't like certain opinions and can really take their claws out when they don't like what you're saying.

  

  Jack Antonoff Fun.
  • People
  • Up
  • America

• I grew up in a very large, poor family.

  

  Florence Henderson
  • Up
  • Family
  • Poor

• Debate and divergence of views can only enrich our history and culture.

  

  Ibrahim Babangida
  • History
  • Culture
  • Debate

• I love to be with my son and my grandchildren, like normal people. I have no particular idea of what I represent to other people. It's very mysterious to me. I don't understand it.

  

  Omar Sharif
  • People
  • Love
  • Son

• I am just so thankful that my mom was a fantastic mom. She wasn't a stage mother; she didn't push me. She was happy if I was happy. We are so different. I was very shy; my mom did all the talking. She was my strength. She never expected that I would be this ballerina.

  

  Patricia McBride
  • Different
  • She
  • Happy

• If we can reduce the cost and improve the quality of medical technology through advances in nanotechnology, we can more widely address the medical conditions that are prevalent and reduce the level of human suffering.

  

  Ralph Merkle
  • Technology
  • Quality
  • Suffering

• We are not interested in cloning the Michael Jordans and the Michael Jacksons of this world. The rich and the famous don't participate in this.

  

  Panayiotis Zavos
  • World
  • Famous
  • Rich

• In some ways, I had a traditional 'old South' upbringing, meaning that I spent some time in a military school, and acquired an inoculum of the military ethic that is still with me today: honor, duty, loyalty.

  

  E. O. Wilson
  • Time
  • School
  • Today

• We are not opposed to public transportation. We are opposed to wasteful boondoggles.

  

  Larry Hogan
  • Public
  • Transportation

• Fallout shelters are like bell-bottoms. They've gone in and out of favor.

  

  Irwin Redlener
  • Like
  • Gone
  • Favor

• I taught a lot of art history, especially Chinese, Japanese, and Indian. But the painting classes came back. The nudes came back. Not so much the still lifes. So now our department is the worst department, partly because it has the worst facilities.

  

  Ad Reinhardt
  • Art
  • History
  • Painting

• I'll tell you, I never thought I'd ever be going into law, and certainly not the same kind of law as my dad.

  

  Laura Wasser
  • Law
  • Dad
  • Thought

• I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.

  

  Walter Becker Steely Dan
  • Time
  • Believe
  • Money

• I'm confident and really optimistic.

  

  Saku Koivu
  • Really
  • Optimistic
  • Confident

• When it comes to extracurricular activities, many children are getting too much of a good thing.

  

  Carl Honore
  • Good
  • Children
  • Too Much

• Any commodity that sees its price going higher will see new mines opening up. When the supply increases, the prices soften. When prices fall, some mines with higher production costs will shut down as they become unviable.

  

  Gautam Adani
  • Up
  • Fall
  • See

• It is my nature to strive to do my best. This does tend to take a toll on you.

  

  Karisma Kapoor
  • Nature
  • Best
  • Strive

• No way that any astronaut worth his salt volunteered for the space program to become a hero. You don't select astronauts who want fame and fortune. You select them because they're the best test pilots in the world, they know it, and it's a personal challenge for them. And the astronauts of today are exactly the same.

  

  Alan Shepard
  • World
  • Today
  • Space

• Getting dressed was always the best part of every night.

  

  James St. James
  • Night

• I was a huge fan of 'Mad' magazine when I was 11, 12, 13 years old. I'd scour used bookstores trying to find back issues, and I'd wait at the newsstand for a new issue to come out. My life revolved around it.

  

  Weird Al Yankovic
  • Life
  • Trying
  • Mad

• I remember my first agent telling me - because they found me as an actor, but I was probably more interested in writing and maybe directing - they were like, 'Well, you can't do both things.' And I was like, 'I'm gonna show you.'

  

  Chadwick Boseman
  • Writing
  • Remember

• Right now I own shares of companies in 28 countries.

  

  Jim Rogers

• The Soyuz craft weighs tons, and you're lying on the floor of it on your back. But the Russians do tell you, remember, before you land, stop talking so you don't bite your tongue off.

  

  Chris Hadfield
  • Remember
  • Stop