Robert Zubrin Quotes

The NASA humans-to-Mars program is all sizzle and no steak.

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• 'Brave New World' dealt with a kind of proto-genetic engineering of the unborn, through really, as many dystopias do, it dealt with totalitarianism. The 1997 film 'Gattaca' updated 'Brave New World,' bringing us to a future where genetic testing determined your job, your wealth, your status in life.

  

  Ramez Naam
  • Life
  • World
  • Job

• I don't want a girlfriend because that means I've got a responsibility. I have a responsibility to call you. I have a responsibility not to be with another woman. I have a responsibility to be there on time when you need me.

  

  Lamar Odom
  • Time
  • Responsibility
  • Woman

• I don't make any money.

  

  Bill Wyman The Rolling Stones
  • Money

• In order to have a great rivalry, both teams have to be winning some games. Lately against Dallas, we haven't been able to do that, ... Until we start doing that, it's kind of hard to have a modern-day rivalry.

  

  Joe Gibbs
  • Great
  • Game
  • Winning

• By "moral discipline," I mean self-discipline based on moral standards. Moral discipline is the consistent exercise of agency to choose the right because it is right, even when it is hard. It rejects the self-absorbed life in favor of developing character worthy of respect and true greatness through Christlike service.

  

  D. Todd Christofferson
  • Life
  • Character
  • True

• What millennials really want from the church is not a change in style but a change in substance.

  

  Rachel Grace Held
  • Church
  • Style
  • Millennials

• I just don't think we think about jurists as rock stars or great thinkers, particularly in the political world.

  

  Dahlia Lithwick
  • World
  • Great
  • Thinking

• America is the brokest country in history. We owe more money than anyone has ever owed anyone. And Obama and Reid say relax, that's no reason not to spend more - because the world hasn't yet concluded we have no intention of paying it back. When they do, the dollar will collapse.

  

  Mark Steyn
  • World
  • Country
  • Money

• We lay there and looked up at the night sky and she told me about stars called blue squares and red swirls and I told her I'd never heard of them. Of course not, she said, the really important stuff they never tell you. You have to imagine it on your own.

  

  Brian Andreas
  • Sky
  • Stars
  • Squares

• I didn't choose to be the guy who talks about the mundane - it's just who I am and it's what kind of works for me.

  

  Jim Gaffigan
  • Guy
  • Kind
  • Mundane

• Long sentences in a short composition are like large rooms in a little house.

  

  William Shenstone
  • Long
  • Writing
  • House

• I had fun to be a little bit of a nerd.

  

  Scott Eastwood
  • Nerd

• We wouldn't survive if people didn't trust us.

  

  Sergey Brin
  • Trust
  • Survive

• My life has often been described as 'from rags to riches' but in fact, the Ross's were never raggedy.

  

  Diana Ross
  • Life
  • Facts
  • Riches

• On one level, I realize the basic appeal of my character is her body. But the totality of the Conan film is really much more than that. When I read the script, I thought it was just a matter of sword fighting. But when I read the books, I found they were filled with sorcery, and I liked that very much. I've always loved fairy tales, and I've always believed that just around the corner, magic truly does exist, human magic.

  

  Valérie Quennessen
  • Character
  • Realize
  • Level

• I believe the 'Jeopardy!' test is more difficult than being a contestant on the program.

  

  Alex Trebek
  • Believe
  • Program
  • Jeopardy

• It doesn't look great if you cancel the reigning Best Comedy Program, you know, you're gonna take a hit from a... from sort of a public relations standpoint.

  

  William Emerson Arnett
  • Comedy
  • Program
  • Relation

• The NASA humans-to-Mars program is all sizzle and no steak.

  

  Robert Zubrin
  • Program
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