The astronauts who came in with me in my astronaut class - my class had 29 men and 6 women - those men were all very used to working with women. Sally Ride American Astronaut More Sally Ride Quotes 4
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. Henry David Thoreau American Author More Henry David Thoreau Quotes 2
So I moved to Europe and only came back when directors like Robert Altman would call me after they'd seen my work in Full Metal Jacket. Vincent D'Onofrio American Actor More Vincent D'Onofrio Quotes 2
The first guy who came up with the concept of religion was sitting out under a tree. I'm sure of that. Tom T. Hall American Musician More Tom T. Hall Quotes 1
In the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself within a dark wood where the straight way was lost. Dante Alighieri Italian Poet More Dante Alighieri Quotes 1
A laugh is a surprise. And all humor is physical. I was always athletic, so that came naturally to me. Chevy Chase American Comedian More Chevy Chase Quotes 1
It never occurred to me that I'd be on a television show or in feature films but when those came into play my dreams changed along the way. Camryn Manheim American Actress More Camryn Manheim Quotes 1
We study the injustices of history for the same reason that we study genocide, and for the same reason that psychologists study the minds of murderers and rapists... to understand how those evil things came about. Jared Diamond American Author More Jared Diamond Quotes 1
Actually just recently I came up with that idea, watching the movie 'Legally Blonde' and I was like, 'cool, that's something I want to do. Lisa Leslie American Athlete More Lisa Leslie Quotes 1
I went to a rare live Van Dyke show and met him there. And then he came to a show of mine and we spoke back stage. The third time was at Brian Wilson's birthday party. Matthew Sweet American Musician More Matthew Sweet Quotes 1
He who does not know how to look back at where he came from will never get to his destination. Jose Rizal Filipino Writer More Jose Rizal Quotes 1
Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong. Ronald Reagan American President More Ronald Reagan Quotes 1
The lyrics came out of necessity. When we started writing the record, we started in a more fusion environment and that got boring really quick and that wasn't what we were about on an organic level. Jimmy Chamberlin American Musician More Jimmy Chamberlin Quotes 1
For example, it's only about 20 years ago the people in that community would have got telephone lines, and it would be only about in the 1950s that electricity came to that part of the world. Television wouldn't have come till 1970. John McGahern Irish Writer More John McGahern Quotes 1
When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said "Let us pray." We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land. Desmond Tutu South African Leader More Desmond Tutu Quotes 1
I was standing in the schoolyard waiting for a child when another mother came up to me. Have you found work yet? she asked. Or are you still just writing? Anne Tyler American Novelist More Anne Tyler Quotes 0
We were led to a pediatric ophthalmologist. It's a hard date for me, April 14, 1998. The doctor came back from the examining room and told us she had tumors in both eyes. Hunter Tylo American Actress More Hunter Tylo Quotes 0
I remember being shocked when I came out from under the focusing cloth after a minute or two being submerged within that, at the startling green color of those ferns. John Sexton American Educator More John Sexton Quotes 0
In my mind I needed a symbol of today's technology, and I realized that what I wanted to photograph was the Space Shuttle. And so that's where Places of Power came into being. John Sexton American Educator More John Sexton Quotes 0
I seemed to vow to myself that some day I would go to the region of ice and snow and go on and on till I came to one of the poles of the earth, the end of the axis upon which this great round ball turns. Ernest Shackleton Irish Explorer More Ernest Shackleton Quotes 0
Most previous immigrants came to the United States to become Americans, with no intention of returning home. They relinquished their ties with their homeland. English was their key to prosperity, and they worked hard to master it. John Shadegg American Politician More John Shadegg Quotes 0
Now, when I came on to Washington to begin my job, I was so interested in photography at that time that I really would have preferred to work with Stryker than with my department, which was more artistic if you wish. Ben Shahn Lithuanian Artist More Ben Shahn Quotes 0
We have been in the territories since 1967. In 2002, we had sometimes three or four suicide attacks every day. We came to the conclusion that it can't continue like that. Silvan Shalom Israeli Politician More Silvan Shalom Quotes 0
On every side, and at every hour of the day, we came up against the relentless limitations of pioneer life. Anna H. Shaw More Anna H. Shaw Quotes 0