John M. Grunsfeld Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
Religions do a useful thing: they narrow God to the limits of man. Philosophy replies by doing a necessary thing: it elevates man to the plane of God.
-
There were points in my life where I felt oddly irresistible to women. I'm not in that state now and that makes me sad.
-
I would enjoy having dinner with the poet/playwright Derek Walcott.
-
I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
-
Like parents, cooks shouldn't have favourites, but some recipes inevitably shine more than others.
-
The really wonderful thing that happened to me when I was in space was this feeling of belonging to the entire universe.
-
I studied at the Hebrew University Medical Faculty, graduated, and was an Israel Defense Forces' combat physician on a Navy ship.
-
It's hard for people sometimes to relate to me. They weren't in the military, they weren't injured overseas in Iraq, they weren't burned, they didn't go through 33 surgeries, or two and a half years in the hospital.
-
I'm rooting for Saudi Arabia getting a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council.
-
As athletes, we all have egos, we all think we can help, and when you're not given that chance, it's hard to watch.
-
I come from an alcoholic Irish background - I know where I was going! But I met my wife and started to practise Buddhism, which is a levelling experience for me, and there hasn't been a day I've missed in 40 years. I apply it to everything - to my work and relationships. I try to be a compassionate person.
-
We are not in the regime of Aurangzeb. We are in the regime of rule of law. When rule of law is concerned, it applies to government, it applies to Supreme Court, it applies to everybody.
-
Sexuality is a private matter; some believe that broadcasting it destroys the very things that make it sacred.
-
We fail to see that we can control our destiny; make ourselves do whatever is possible; make ourselves become whatever we long to be.
-
A woman's health is her capital.
-
There are realities we all share, regardless of our nationality, language, or individual tastes. As we need food, so do we need emotional nourishment: love, kindness, appreciation, and support from others.
-
I'm not going to jump out of airplanes or anything like someone else I know.
-
There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root, and it may be that he who bestows the largest amount of time and money on the needy is doing the most by his mode of life to produce that misery which he strives in vain to relieve.
-
I was a dancer from a young age. My parents were dancers; we were taken to a lot of ballet as children. It occurred to me that what I liked more than dancing the steps was acting the story of whatever particular performance I was taking part in.
-
It makes sense that it's so different from film and television, because it's so in-depth. As actors, when we're in film or television, we can have transcendent moments and we get to work with really creative and incredible people, but it's such a small percentage of your time that's about your process.
-
When I do a movie, that's just a couple months out of my year and out of my life. All the other months I'm just at home, running around doing errands with my mom and going to sleepovers. I feel like I have that side of my life, and then I also do the films - which is just sort of a plus.
-
Citizens must pressure the American Hospital Association, the American Public Health Association, the Centers for Disease Control and other relevant governmental agencies to make greening our hospitals and medical centers a top priority so that they themselves don't create even more illness.
-
Life outside of Earth is probably going to be really hard to find.
