#or

You can be interested in a Jane Smiley novel whether or not anyone says a word. She enters into her characters' thoughts with great understanding and depth. ↗

— Richard Russo

#characters #depth #enters #great #her

In 12 or 15 years, there will be routine, affordable space tourism not just in the U.S. but in a lot of countries. ↗

— Burt Rutan

#countries #just #lot #routine #space

We need affordable space travel to inspire our youth, to let them know that they can experience their dreams, can set significant goals and be in a position to lead all of us to future progress in exploration, discovery and fun. Thanks to the X Prize for the inspiration. ↗

— Burt Rutan

#discovery #dreams #experience #exploration #fun

You see, I don’t know why I did it,” he declared as if he had just discovered the cure for cancer. But the only thing he had discovered was yet another way to piss me off. ↗

— Danka V.

#life

You should never bet against anything in science at odds of more than about 1012 to 1. ↗

— Ernest Rutherford

#against #anything #bet #more #never

Everyone I talk to has a Genesis story to tell. ↗

— Mike Rutherford

#genesis #i #story #talk #tell

I would feel horrible to think I had put my name on a pistol permit and allowed someone to carry around a gun and they committed another crime. ↗

— Mike Rutherford

#another #around #carry #committed #crime

Barack Obama says that we need to be humble toward terrorism. Yet he is the one we have been waiting for. That is humble? ↗

— Evan Sayet

#barack obama #be humble #been #humble #need

Because the Illinois death penalty system is arbitrary and capricious - and therefore immoral - I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death. ↗

— George Ryan

#because #capricious #death #death penalty #i

I don't know that we do. I had thought ours worked well, but I had never examined it too closely. A lot of media people will be looking for a case that might make Texas Governor George Bush think twice about what he's doing. ↗

— George Ryan

#bush #case #closely #doing #examined