Best Mark Watney Quotes

#1. The central theme of the book is that prayer is best understood as a long, sometimes perilous, epic journey that eventually leads to triumph.

Gerald L. Sittser

#2. Remember those old math questions you had in algebra class? Where water is entering a container at a certain rate and leaving at a different rate and you need to figure out when it'll be empty? Well, that concept is critical to the "Mark Watney doesn't die" project I'm working on.

Andy Weir

#3. All magic is 'Here's a quarter, now it's gone. You're a jerk. Now it's back. You're an idiot. Show's over.'

Jerry Seinfeld

#4. I've concentrated upon the things I control, and used that control to remove the restrictions and complications from my life.

Harry Browne

#5. and the Mark Watney, out of Mars.

James S.A. Corey

#6. Also, I'll lose half a liter of water per day to breathing until the humidity in the Hab reaches its maximum and water starts condensing on every surface. Then I'll be licking the walls. Yay.

Andy Weir

#7. Ayyyyyy!" Annie mocked. "Why would he do that?" "Have you met Mark Watney?

Andy Weir

#8. She was fighting for something, she felt
alive and capable of responding to the challenges facing her.

Paulo Coelho

#9. Just so we're clear, Mark Watney is who I want to be. He has all the qualities I like about myself magnified without any of the qualities I dislike. Mark Watney isn't afraid to fly.

Andy Weir

#10. We should be able to refuse to live if the price of living be the torture of sentient beings.

Mahatma Gandhi

#11. The plan was criticized by some retired military officers embedded in TV studios. But with every advance by our coalition forces, the wisdom of that plan becomes more apparent.

Dick Cheney

#12. Punishment closely follows guilt as its companion.

Horace

#13. Heartache forces us to embrace God out of desparate, urgent need. God is never closer than when your heart is aching.

Joni Eareckson Tada

#14. Mars and my own stupidity keep trying to kill me.

Andy Weir

#15. Mark Watney, out of Mars.

James S.A. Corey

#16. [11:49] JPL: What we can see of your planned cut looks good. We're assuming the other side is identical. You're cleared to start drilling. [12:07] Watney: That's what she said. [12:25] JPL: Seriously, Mark? Seriously?

Anonymous

#17. I'm not talking about faith in God, I'm talking about faith in Mark Watney

Andy Weir

#18. In the middle column, the colony ships she and her fleet had taken: the Bedyadat Jadida, out of Luna. The John Galt and the Mark Watney, out of Mars. The

James S.A. Corey

#19. No, we will not tell our botany team to go fuck themslves.

Andy Weir

#20. I cannot think it either Vanity or Virtue to acknowledge, that the Acquisition and communication of Knowledge, are the sole Entertainment of my Life

John Adams

#21. Nature distributes her favors unequally.

George Sand

#22. I watch artists say they wrote all these songs and don't mention anybody else who was involved, and that's fine. I don't expect an artist to give me credit. I know that they're gonna take the credit for everything. But, it's my job to give myself that exposure and not make excuses, not grow bitter.

Rico Love

#23. Well, that concept is critical to the "Mark Watney doesn't die" project

Andy Weir

#24. Everyone, I understand your positions. We have procedures. Skipping those procedures means risk. Risk means trouble for your department. But now isn't the time to cover our asses. We have to take risks or Mark Watney dies.

Andy Weir