Carolyn Porco (Carolyn C. Porco) Quotes
We humans, though troubled and warlike, are also the dreams, thinkers, and explorers inhabiting one achingly beautiful planet, yearning for the sublime, and capable of the magnificent.
Quotes to Explore
-
Since 9/11, there has been a huge leap in people wanting to get personally involved in public service and international affairs.
-
I know what my comfort zones are. But without a back-up, I will never step out of my comfort zone. I don't go bungee jumping; I won't jump from the third floor without a safety net. I don't do such things. That's not my personality type.
-
In tactics and training, we do more with Conte. We work a lot of tactical positions, and we know exactly what we have to do on the pitch, where I have to go, and where the defenders have to go. We know exactly what to do.
-
I think same sex couples should be able to get married.
-
Invention is not enough. Tesla invented the electric power we use, but he struggled to get it out to people. You have to combine both things: invention and innovation focus, plus the company that can commercialize things and get them to people.
-
The more times I was turned down, the more I believed I was getting closer to making it. A lot of people in Korea say that failure is the mother of success, so I believed that more times I failed, the more likely I was to succeed.
-
Teasing and a sense of humor, if you can develop that in your kids, and if you can exercise it with the kids, just makes for a pleasanter atmosphere.
-
I detest that saying 'Everything happens for a reason'; it's nonsense.
-
The corporate right fires up the religious right against gay marriage and abortion and uses their votes to push their deregulation and tax cuts for the rich. It's an old trick. The House of Saud has the same arrangement with the Mullahs in Saudi Arabia.
-
There are downsides to implicitly trusting banks, as the 2008 financial crisis showed.
-
The problem comes when you say that danger is part of the equation. Then you don't do any more work on safety. That shouldn't happen.
-
A pen is to me as a beak is to a hen.
-
People throw away what they could have by insisting on perfection, which they cannot have, and looking for it where they will never find it.
-
One of the exciting things about an entanglement puzzle is there's no end to it. Once you solve how to take it apart, you have to solve how to put it back together.
-
When you dance, it takes a lot of stamina, but it never seemed like work 'cause I was doing something that I so loved doing. It was always a joy. And you know, to have beautiful ballets made specially for you is such an honor. I always said it was better than diamonds.
-
With bundled machines you can throw away the hardware and keep the software, and it's still a good buy.
-
No one can guarantee success of a film.
-
It's not easy to shout against real elements. The elements are big, and the human voice is very small.
-
How does it happen that the most intractable types always rise to the top?
-
Twins have a special bond. They feel safer with each other than with their peers.
-
I could definitely make 145. But if 'Cowboy' is going to 145, I'm going after somebody who matters.
-
Taylor Swift is so flawless, and so unattainable, and I don't think it's breeding anything good in young girls.
-
We humans, though troubled and warlike, are also the dreams, thinkers, and explorers inhabiting one achingly beautiful planet, yearning for the sublime, and capable of the magnificent.
