Kevin A. Ford quotes

“I think if I had to choose, I would rather have gravity instead of zero gravity. It's fun for a while, but I'd rather live on Earth.”
-- Kevin A. Ford

#Zero Quotes #Fun Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“It's much easier for me to sleep in space than it is back home. We sleep in a cabin, and you can float inside.”
-- Kevin A. Ford

#Home Quotes #Sleep Quotes #Space Quotes

“When the guys come back in from the spacewalk, there really is a distinct smell of space; it's something I will never forget.”
-- Kevin A. Ford

#Smell Quotes #Space Quotes #Guy Quotes

“A lot of scientists on Earth think of things that they could do in zero g. Things like the way metals cure, for example, and the way fluids react in space can tell us a lot about some of the unknowns we have on Earth.”
-- Kevin A. Ford

#Zero Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Space Quotes

“I took a Russian class at Notre Dame. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would fly someday in a Russian spacecraft with two cosmonauts, speaking only Russian.”
-- Kevin A. Ford

#Dream Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Class Quotes

“Space is dark but, of course, when we're on the sun side of the Earth, we're in full illumination and we have all the reflection of the Earth below us, beautiful blue Earth and we're in daylight. Only on the back side, opposite side of the sun, it seems like night to us, too.”
-- Kevin A. Ford

#Beautiful Quotes #Dark Quotes #Reflection Quotes

“Well, the coolest thing I have seen so far, in terms of, like, me being an astronaut and seeing something unusual, was the rendezvous, the docking of a Progress spaceship.”
-- Kevin A. Ford

#Progress Quotes #Unusual Quotes #Astronaut Quotes

“Better take the keys and drive forever. Staying won't put these futures back together. All the perfect drugs and superheroes wouldn't be enough to bring me back to zero.”

“I believe in a business boarding up early. If you make a mistake, you put the boards in the window of the store and say, "Hey, I made a mistake." Let me take two shots in the arm and a punch on the nose and let me get on to the next thing. I don't believe in worrying over failures. I worry about successes. This is opposite from most people. Most people zero in on their failures. I try to keep all my attention on a pyramid type philosophy rather than the averaging-down philosophy.”

“So many little lives, amounting to nothing. I ask you: What is infinity multiplied by zero? It is hardly worth our discussion.”

Source : Alan Lightman (2012). “Mr g: A Novel About the Creation”, p.27, Vintage

“From a certain temperature on, the molecules 'condense' without attractive forces; that is, they accumulate at zero velocity. The theory is pretty, but is there some truth in it.”

“The science of booby-trapping has taken a good deal of the fun out of following hot on the enemy's heels.”

Source : A. J. Liebling (2004). “Mollie and Other War Pieces”, p.121, U of Nebraska Press

“It's fun to be creative and innovative and come up with something crazy. So I need people to work with who are not going to be afraid to take it to the left a bit.”

“I heard my name." Ash's voice startles me. "You tow better not be making fun of me about this stupid bra Mama's making me wear. I've had it with the jokes. I'll break both your noses if it doesn't stop.”

“Goodbye, my almost lover. Goodbye, my hopeless dream. I'm trying not to think about you, can't you just let me be? So long, my luckless romance, my back is turned on you. Should've known you'd bring me heartache. Almost lovers always do.”

Source : Song: Almost Lover, Album: One Cell in the Sea, 2007

“Well," said Pooh, "what I like best," and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn't know what it was called.”

“Our God has boundless resources. The only limit is in us. Our asking, our thinking, our praying are too small. Our expectations are too limited.”