David Mackay Quotes

I want to get to the moon. I want to go to Mars.

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• I'm not willing to commit American taxpayers' money anymore or American troops on the ground in another Middle Eastern country.

  

  Ted Yoho
  • Country
  • Money
  • American

• When I was about four, people used to walk up to my mom and say I should be in commercials.

  

  Zachary Gordon
  • People
  • Up
  • Mom

• I think of OkCupid as an online bar; a place where singles can go, have fun with each other and in the process hopefully meet new people, some of whom might turn into a romantic relationship.

  

  Sam Yagan
  • People
  • Fun
  • Relationship

• I'm a big sports fan - mainly basketball.

  

  Lamorne Morris
  • Sports
  • Basketball
  • Big

• I shop at a lot of vintage stores because the prices are amazing, and I love the idea that there's a history behind the piece I'm wearing.

  

  Gabrielle Anwar
  • History
  • Amazing
  • Idea

• I went to my boss, and I said, 'Look, I'd like to design these ties because I think they could be new.' He said, 'The world isn't ready for Ralph Lauren.' I never forgot that because... I thought that was a compliment.

  

  Ralph Lauren
  • World
  • Thought
  • Design

• I connect with kids easily. They bring out the maternal side in me.

  

  Malaika Arora Khan
  • Kids
  • Me
  • Bring

• Many of the companies in the mobile location space are trying to figure out different ways to tie what they're doing to commerce.

  

  Sam Altman
  • Different
  • Trying
  • Space

• The Longs event was the first LPGA event that I played in 8 years ago.

  

  Natalie Gulbis
  • Years
  • First
  • Event

• 'Halal in the Family' will expose a broad audience to some of the realities of being Muslim in America. By using satire, we will encourage people to reconsider their assumptions about Muslims, while providing a balm to those experiencing anti-Muslim bias. I also hope those Uncles and Aunties out there will crack a smile!

  

  Aasif Mandvi
  • People
  • Family
  • America

• Usually, TED only invites the most accomplished and famous people in the world to give talks.

  

  Cameron Russell
  • People
  • World
  • Famous

• It's funny, because readers think they want the characters to be blissfully happy, but it makes it kind of boring for the reader.

  

  L.A. Weatherly
  • Happy
  • Think
  • Funny

• One lesson that every nation can learn from China is to focus more on creating village-level enterprises, quality health services and educational facilities.

  

  A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  • Health
  • Focus
  • Quality

• When you have no one to answer to, vendetta as investment strategy is as legitimate as anything.

  

  Carl Icahn
  • You
  • Strategy
  • Investment

• And frankly, I don't understand - I mean, I'm obviously a card-carrying Democrat - but I can't understand why any woman would want to vote for Mitt Romney, except maybe Mrs. Romney.

  

  Madeleine Albright
  • Why
  • Want
  • Woman

• My feelings of revulsion and foreboding about nuclear weapons had not changed an iota since 1945, and they have never left me. Since I was 14, the overriding objective of my life has been to prevent the occurrence of nuclear war.

  

  Daniel Ellsberg
  • Life
  • War
  • My Life

• Cotton Mather is one of those classic figures of American history who can't be left out. One has to explain him or explain him away, redeem him or denounce him.

  

  Edmund Morgan
  • American
  • History
  • Cotton

• Nothing embitters my old age like the circulation of absurd stories that I retire as civilization advances, that I shun the white men and seek the Indians, and that now even when old, I seek to retire beyond the second Alleganies.

  

  Daniel Boone
  • Men
  • Age

• I'm a very spontaneous person. When I see something that might be fun or different, I will try it.

  

  Shawn Mendes
  • Different
  • Fun

• Lilacs, False Blue, White, Purple, Colour of lilac, Your great puffs of flowers Are everywhere in this my New England ... Lilacs in dooryards Holding quiet conversation with an early moon; Lilacs watching a deserted house; ... Lilacs, wind-beaten, staggering under a lopsided shock of bloom, You are everywhere.

  

  Amy Lowell
  • Great
  • House
  • Moon

• I try to write every day, preferably first thing in the morning. Of course, there are days when something happens to interfere with this ideal schedule. Then I try to find time later in the day. I usually work at home, but sometimes, for a change I'll go to a library or a cafe. And I like to read poetry before I sit down to write.

  

  Sigrid Nunez
  • Home
  • Write
  • Everyday

• I want to get to the moon. I want to go to Mars.

  

  David Mackay
  • Moon