#hen

If I thought that any of this was pre ordained, then it takes away any kind of incentive to struggle, or to put up with things, to reach for those impossible dreams, all those dramatic things. ↗

— Gary Numan

#away #dramatic #dreams #i #impossible

When I was a kid it was big news when someone flew around the world in a little aeroplane, but nobody cared when I did it. Then, to rub salt into my wounds, the customs people ripped my aeroplane to pieces, looking for stuff. ↗

— Gary Numan

#big #big news #cared #customs #did

When you decide to do this kind of music then you just accept the facts. ↗

— Gary Numan

#decide #facts #just #kind #music

I've experienced a private doubt, something that I've kept deeply inside, and then eventually delivered a piece of work that people responded to with huge enthusiasm. ↗

— Trevor Nunn

#delivered #doubt #enthusiasm #eventually #experienced

I believe that anyone can cook a great meal. Basically all you need to do is get your hands on some fresh ingredients and not be afraid to make a mess in the kitchen. ↗

— Nadia Giosia

#anyone #basically #believe #cook #fresh

This time at Birmingham turned me into a general biologist, and ever since then I have always tried to take a biological approach to any research project that I have undertaken. ↗

— Paul Nurse

#any #approach #biological #biologist #birmingham

When we see the shadow on our images, are we seeing the time 11 minutes ago on Mars? Or are we seeing the time on Mars as observed from Earth now? It's like time travel problems in science fiction. When is now; when was then? ↗

— Bill Nye

#earth #fiction #images #like #mars

When all else fails there's always delusion. ↗

— Conan O'Brien

#delusion #else #fails #when all else fails

John Travolta said he sometimes lets his friends take control of his airplane even though they don't know what they're doing. Then Travolta said he often does the same thing with his career. ↗

— Conan O'Brien

#career #control #does #doing #even

The nightmare is you spend the rest of your life being funny at parties and then people say, 'Why didn't you do that when you were on television?' ↗

— Conan O'Brien

#being funny #funny #life #nightmare #parties