October Sky Jim Hickam Quotes

#1. At any given time, ninety-nine-point-nine-five per cent of the human race are a confounded nuisance

Tom Holt

#2. Determination. To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream. Not only plan, but also believe.

Anatole France

#3. At times I ask myself if I shouldn't be living a more regular, stable life with a 9-to-5 job. Then I think about it and realise that there is no point in planning everything.

Meredith Ostrom

#4. I remember hearing Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Big Bill Broonzy, Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley and not really knowing anything about the geography or the culture of the music. But for some reason it did something to me - it resonated.

Eric Clapton

#5. I made a big mistake. There's no doubt about it. But there have been positive testing cases in the past where the offender wasn't attacked to quite the same extent, especially not by other riders.

Patrik Sinkewitz

#6. Gaea?" Leo shook his head. "Isn't that Mother Nature? She's supposed to have, like, flowers in her hair and birds singing around her and dear and rabbits doing her laundry."
"Leo, that's Snow White," Piper said.

Rick Riordan