For years, I longed to hear Armstrong describe what it was like to contemplate Earth from 238,900 miles away. Former Space Center director George Abbey once told me that many NASA astronauts felt that looking at Earth was akin to a religious experience. Douglas Brinkley Read Quote
I’ve always prided myself on working so hard and then achieving goals without realizing the pleasure is often in the journey. And actually, the journey can be just as fun, if not more so, than the outcome. Lara Pulver Read Quote
When Pentatonix started, my whole vision of what I thought my life was gonna be completely changed – in a great way, obviously. I never thought that I would have the confidence to do this. Kirstin Maldonado Read Quote
Every year, deans of admissions are pushed: ‘Did you increase the number of applicants? Did you decrease the acceptance rate?’ And it’s an institutional priority for colleges and universities to look for students that are going to have a philanthropic family that could give to that school. Stephanie Ruhle Read Quote
Certain characters, mostly heroes, have to be the straight silent type; that is part of the make-up. Sylvester Stallone Read Quote
A library, to modify the famous metaphor of Socrates, should be the delivery room for the birth of ideas – a place where history comes to life. Norman Cousins Read Quote
The best way to get people to connect with an issue is to humanize it. You can do so much more powerfully with music and touch the heart. George Takei Read Quote
Hurried and worried until we’re buried, and there’s no curtain call, Lifes a very funny proposition after all. George M. Cohan Read Quote
Any celebration meal to which guests are invited, be they family or friends, should be an occasion for generous hospitality. Julian Baggini Read Quote
When I look at cities now, I don’t see them in the present. This is the decaying infrastructure of our existing cities. Years from now, none of this is going to be here. New cities are going to rise. Shervin Pishevar Read Quote
