Edgar Mitchell Quotes
Our mission on Apollo 14 was to be the first to do science on the moon, so we had to be careful about getting everything in during the allotted time.
Quotes to Explore
-
I forced myself to think what is the new concept and it became clear to me that it was risk, not only in technology and ecology, but in life and employment, too.
-
A lot of my work involves instilling objects with the power of touch - a transference of soul, spirit, energy through actions.
-
What is important, then, is not that the critic should possess a correct abstract definition of beauty for the intellect, but a certain kind of temperament, the power of being deeply moved by the presence of beautiful objects.
-
I've really been writing a lot of country songs. I used to get criticized for doing a 'Bump & Grind,' then turning around and doing a gospel song. But the truth is I'm glad I have a gift that allows me to switch lanes.
-
Odd how much it hurts when a friend moves away- and leaves behind only silence.
-
Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
-
The extra pass and the extra effort on defense always get the job done.
-
I think that T.V. shows are more like working at a home. You know you're going to the same place every day, working with the same people, the same cast and crew. You're in a dressing room instead of a trailer, so I think that that's more of a normal sort of lifestyle.
-
Today more than 20,000 communities participate in the National Flood Insurance Program. More than 90 insurance companies sell and service flood service insurance. There are more than four million policies covering the total of $800 billion.
-
I'm all over the place, and I consider myself a bit of a scrounger: 'What will I do next, so I'm not broke?'
-
After the second and final time that I got hugely fat in my life and when I lost that weight six or seven years ago, I pretty much decided that I was going to stay in decent shape for the rest of my life.
-
I'm not a performer who will come on stage and tell you everything about my life. It's just not who I am.
-
In the year 3000, everything will be instant.
-
We don't take anything when we pass away, and we need to do with the sense of responsibility.
-
My goal, as always, is simply to inform the public about an issue that is nearly impossible for them to learn about on their own. That is my only goal as a reporter.
-
The only questions that really matter are the ones you ask yourself.
-
Stevie Wonder and Diana Ross and the Jackson 5, that's what I grew up on.
-
I would love to go back and help rebuild that country and help - you know, kind of like what's going on with Iraq right now. You know, they've got a new government in place. They're trying to rebuild the country. I would love for that to happen in Cuba also.
-
The greatest advantage of being First Lady is the opportunity it presents to truly make a difference on issues of great importance.
-
The bedroom in my apartment is far too small to hold a nightstand. There is, however, this bookshelf. Yes, I stow whatever I'm reading on the lower shelf, but more importantly, it's where I keep a collection of ghost books.
-
I love doing comedy and I love watching comedy... I'm more inclined to go watch a Seth Rogen film than a serious Oscar drama.
-
I found people were telling stories to themselves without knowing it. It seemed to me that people were living a sort of small sermon that they believed in, but at the same time it was a fairy tale. Selfish desires, along with one or two highly suspect elevated thoughts. They secretly regard themselves as works of art, valuable in themselves.
-
My favorite thing is to be alone in a room with a blank paper in front of me and the time to fill it.
-
Our mission on Apollo 14 was to be the first to do science on the moon, so we had to be careful about getting everything in during the allotted time.
