Viewport Quotes

#1. It was a clear, impenetrable hole in the ship: a circular viewport into an alien terrarium where, out past the ghostly reflection of his own face, strange hyperbaric creatures built monstrous artifacts out of sand and coral. Their eyes twinkled like green stars in the gloom.

Peter Watts

#2. I listen to music a lot, if I need to get into a particular space. I do stretching and breathing, and take time to mostly be quiet and find the stillness. I think that's important.

Zachary Quinto

#3. I can't play anywhere near like I used to, and I was a hot drummer. It doesn't bother me, because frankly, if you get to that point where you can't hold a drumstick properly, there are many other things in life which are far more important, like cutting a loaf of bread or a piece of cheese.

Phil Collins

#4. Mountain bats, those massive serpentine creatures of myth. Those ancient scavengers of the battlefield.

Susan Dennard

#5. Giving money effectively is almost as hard as earning it in the first place.

Bill Gates

#6. A state of equality is perhaps less elevated, but it is more just; and its justice constitutes its greatness and beauty.

Alexis De Tocqueville