Blaise Pascal Quotes
It is good to be tired and wearied by the futile search after the true good, that we may stretch out our arms to the Redeemer.
Quotes to Explore
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I stayed in the astronaut program until 1993. People ask me why I left. I thought I had a lot of things to contribute that would be difficult to do if I stayed. I thought I could have a stronger voice as an advocate for space exploration. So I ended up starting my own technology consulting company.
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To gastroenterologists, the concept of a germ causing ulcers was like saying that the Earth is flat.
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You're human; you make mistakes. You have to put all the things in the past.
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X Out is perfect for my schedule. It is so simple, fast and actually works. I am more confident in my own skin and always camera ready - a necessity in my line of work.
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My fans are so loving and encouraging. They're with me on good days and bad days.
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I think chemistry and great acting go hand-in-hand.
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A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children. But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.
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Our way is straight and clear - the building up of a socialist democracy at home, with freedom and prosperity for all, and the maintenance of world peace and friendship with all nations abroad.
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I never drink anything hot; I don't like hot drinks, very strange.
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I would love a family. I'm at the age where the wish for a child gets stronger. But who knows.
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In neurotics, worm phobias are usually found as well as snake phobias.
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I never wanted a big wedding. I never wanted to wear a white dress or throw a bouquet.
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There was a lot of hype about social media in President Obama's first campaign. It was important, but it wasn't as important as I think people let on.
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I'm addicted to making music, but I don't want to do it forever. I just want a farm. Farms make you happy.
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I want to keep talking about my people and my country in my own language.
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My protest about the post exchange seating bore some results. More seats were allocated for blacks, but there were still separate sections for blacks and for whites. At least I had made my men realize that something could be accomplished by speaking out, and I hoped they would be less resigned to unjust conditions.
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I always wanted to be with a woman who has the same mindset and wants to look after me like my mum.
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Capital punishment is our society's recognition of the sanctity of human life.
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My favourite book as a child was an old 'Newne's Children's Encyclopaedia' which my grandfather had bought just before World War II and donated to our family after seeing how interested we were in it. Each volume had special chapters called 'Things Boys can Do.' My brothers and I would pick out interesting projects.
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Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.
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Age is not measured by years. Nature does not equally distribute energy. Some people are born old and tired while others are going strong at seventy.
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A continent ages quickly once we come. The natives live in harmony with it. But the foreigner destroys, cuts down the trees, drains the water, so that the water supply is altered, and in a short time the soil, once the sod is turned under, is cropped out and, next, it starts to blow away as it has blown away in every old country and as I had seen it start to blow in Canada. The earth gets tired of being exploited.
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It is good to be tired and wearied by the futile search after the true good, that we may stretch out our arms to the Redeemer.
