Jack McDevitt Quotes

So we have progressed to the point where we can move politicians around faster than light. I'm not sure I see the advantage.

Jack McDevitt

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May Heaven be propitious, and smile on the cause of my country.

Zebulon Pike
- Country
- May
- Heaven
There is sometimes a peculiar confusion in the West that equates progress to whatever is recent or whatever is new, and it is time we understood that progress has nothing to do with the chronology of an idea.

Barbara Amiel
- Time
- Progress
- New
Unlike fashion, art isn't applied. It doesn't have to serve anybody. It doesn't have to be there for any other reason than to give an impression of what the world is about.

Raf Simons
- World
- Art
- Fashion
I have been a Republican, and I've worked in Republican circles for so long, and I know that there are really smart, good policy ideas that are grounded in conservative ideology that could be persuasive for women, especially in an election where no one was really excited about either candidate.

Dana Perino
- Good
- Long
- Women
Some people can be choosy because they're ultratalented or lucky or whatever, but yeah, there are certain things that might not be the greatest thing on my resume. But I don't sit back and go, 'Gosh, I wish I didn't do that.' It's all part of the growth of a career, whether you're an entertainer or a librarian.

Zach Galifianakis
- People
- Career
- Wish
Funding for the original manned Voyager Mars Program was scratched in 1968, before humans had gotten out of Low Earth Orbit. Mid-'60s plans for a Venus fly-by with astronauts actually flying by it met the same fate.

P. J. O'Rourke
- Earth
- Fate
- Fly