David M. Brown Quotes

The great thing about being an astronaut is you kind of get to do a little bit of everything. I mean, we're going to ride a rocket uphill.

David M. Brown

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• I'm developing some screenplays at the moment with my Australian producer.

  

  Rachel Griffiths
  • Moment
  • Producer
  • Some

• I grew up in London. My parents and I lived in West Norwood, then we moved to Norbury, and I went to the Brit School. I'm a South London girl at heart.

  

  Ashley Madekwe
  • Up
  • School
  • Heart

• To weep is to make less the depth of grief.

  

  William Shakespeare
  • Grief
  • Cry
  • Breakup

• We are disappointed at the decision. The president remains fully committed to building a culture of life ... that is built on valuing life at all stages.

  

  Scott McClellan
  • Decision
  • President
  • Disappointed

• If I ever become a Saint - I will surely be one of "darkness." I will continually be absent from heaven - to light the light of those in darkness on earth.

  

  Mother Teresa
  • Faith
  • Heaven
  • Inspiration

• Rather than compare yourself to others, compare your present progress with your potential.

  

  William Cranch Bond
  • Progress
  • Potential
  • Compare

• The most optimistic thing that's happened is that as a society we're beginning to recognize that there are many voices. When I began, thirty years ago, the idea of one author or the artist as being a solitary creature was really the only idea that there was.

  

  Wendy Ewald
  • Optimistic
  • Creatures
  • Happened

• I love theater. I go all the time. It's one of the reasons I moved to New York. But I understand that I have limited range as an actor. I can only play people who talk like me.

  

  Steve Earle
  • Play
  • Reason
  • Actors

• Suppose you were to come upon someone in the woods working feverishly to saw down a tree. "What are you doing?" you ask. "Can't you see?" comes the impatient reply. "I'm sawing down this tree." "You look exhausted!" you exclaim. "How long have you been at it?" "Over five hours," he returns, "and I'm beat! This is hard work." 'Well, why don't you take a break for a few minutes and sharpen that saw?" you inquire. "I'm sure it would go a lot faster." "I don't have time to sharpen the saw," the man says emphatically. "I'm too busy sawing!"

  

  Stephen Covey
  • Long
  • Action
  • Tree

• I've been told I sold 110m albums and singles. If that's the case, I should've come here in a space rocket.

  

  Adam Ant Adam and the Ants
  • Space
  • Here
  • Sold

• The expense of getting into space is the rocket launch, the rocket itself. Rocket's right now, commercial rockets cost probably somewhere between $50, or $120, or $150 million per launch. And those are all expendable. That is, you've got to buy a new rocket for each launch. So, that really is the critical part. If there was some kind of really, a revolutionary breakthrough and the price of rockets fell by an order of magnitude, I mean, just imagine what that would do as far as getting access to more ordinary people.

  

  Leroy Chiao
  • People
  • Space
  • Rocket

• It's 2013 ... The Time's obituary for Yvonne Brill, renowned rocket scientist, winner of the National Medal of Technology and Innovations, leads with, 'She made a mean beef stroganoff, followed her husband from job to job and took eight years off from work to raise three children. "The world's best mom," her son Matthew said.

  

  Deborah Copaken
  • Mom
  • Husband
  • Rocket

• I actually wanted to be an astronaut, but I don't have a mathematical brain.

  

  Eva Amurri
  • Brain
  • Wanted
  • Astronaut

• The great thing about being an astronaut is you kind of get to do a little bit of everything. I mean, we're going to ride a rocket uphill.

  

  David M. Brown
  • Astronaut
  • Rocket