Eileen Collins Quotes

In some ways I feel sad about leaving NASA, but the reality is, I won't fly again.

Eileen Collins

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• There is no must in art because art is free.

  

  Wassily Kandinsky
  • Art
  • Free
  • Because

• Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • People
  • Attitude
  • Morality

• I grew up in a Hindu household but went to a Roman Catholic school. I grew up with a mother who said, 'I'll arrange a marriage for you at 18,' but she also said that we could achieve anything we put our minds to an encourage us to dream of becoming prime minister or president.

  

  Indra Nooyi
  • Up
  • School
  • She

• I wish I could compete again, but my good feeling is, these competitions are better as exhibitions.

  

  Oksana Baiul
  • Good
  • Feeling
  • Wish

• It's really bizarre because no one knows this, but elephants have killed more animal trainers than any other animal.

  

  Vin Diesel
  • Animal
  • More
  • Really

• It wasn't on my agenda, but the thing about getting important awards is it makes the adventure of your career have a little more possibility. I think just what's happened so far is already making the opportunities more interesting, even though I'm at the twilight of my career of like 48 years.

  

  Jacki Weaver
  • Important
  • Career
  • Interesting

• The incestuous relationship between government and big business thrives in the dark.

  

  Jack Anderson
  • Business
  • Relationship
  • Dark

• It is not known, now, for what length of time the Tuatha de Danaan had the sway over Ireland, and it is likely it was a long time they had it, but they were put from it at last.

  

  Lady Gregory
  • Time
  • Long
  • Now

• I'm English, and I started off as a songwriter, so I can't really escape that - it's there.

  

  Damon Albarn Gorillaz
  • English
  • Escape
  • Songwriter

• When you do something with a lot of honesty, appetite and commitment, the input reflects in the output.

  

  A. R. Rahman
  • You
  • Commitment
  • Honesty

• From a very early age, I made my decisions based on careers that I admire. The one thing that all the actresses I love have in common is that they have diversity in their careers.

  

  Olivia Wilde
  • Love
  • Age
  • Diversity

• I've always been a science fiction fan since I had understood the conception of what a story was.

  

  J. Michael Straczynski
  • Science
  • Always
  • Story

• Preach or proselytize for Christianity in much of the Islamic world, and you are a candidate for martyrdom. Practice freedom of speech in Xi Jinping's China, and you can wind up in a cell.

  

  Pat Buchanan
  • Up
  • World
  • Freedom

• The cool thing about working and meeting a lot of people through your acting is that you never know who you might work with, in the future.

  

  Tania Raymonde
  • People
  • Work
  • Future

• The bar is set pretty low if you want to be a hip, accessible conservative.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Pretty
  • Want
  • You

• There are a lot of people who helped make Queen Latifah who she is today. I don't forget, but a lot of people do and get big heads. My mom will make me walk the dogs or take out the trash when I go home. I'm not allowed to get a big head; I've still got to do the simple things in life.

  

  Queen Latifah
  • People
  • Life
  • Home

• The poets, therefore, however much they adorned the gods in their poems, and amplified their exploits with the highest praises, yet very frequently confess that all things are held together and governed by one spirit or mind.

  

  Lactantius
  • Mind
  • Together
  • Spirit

• I'll never look down on and I love running into actors who say 'Oh yeah, I did a soap.' I say 'Tell me which one!' It's like being a member of a secret society.

  

  Nathan Fillion
  • Society
  • Actors
  • Secret

• As a real estate investor, you're ultimately accountable to you and your checkbook. Of course, you will need to stay on top of your local coding regulations and ordinances. But once you get the hang of it, you really shouldn't have any problems with ordinances.

  

  Fabrizio Moreira
  • Real
  • Problems
  • Real estate

• The more I see of men the more I like dogs.

  

  Madame de Stael
  • Men
  • See
  • Dogs

• I enjoy just showing people other sides of me, especially everyone always sees me in my helmet and ski suit. It's nice to just show everyone me, just me in my everyday clothes or just me in high heels or just me not in my ski gear, basically.

  

  Lindsey Vonn
  • People
  • High
  • Nice

• One of the great things about having been on Lost is people coming up and feeling so enthusiastic about the show and saying, "Oh it provided us so much entertainment," or "It inspired conversations."

  

  William Mapother
  • People
  • Feelings
  • Inspired

• I didn't know it was going to be this severe.

  

  Donald Trump
  • Know
  • Severe

• In some ways I feel sad about leaving NASA, but the reality is, I won't fly again.

  

  Eileen Collins
  • Reality
  • Leaving
  • I Feel