60 Quotes by Homer Hickam

I had discovered that learning something, no matter how complex, wasn't hard when I had a reason to want to know it.

We had to start somewhere, either succeed or fail, and then build what we knew as we went along.

The way I see it, if everybody ran from bad things instead of trying to stop them, bad things would be all there is.

You must completely dedicate yourselves to it. To do less will be to let down your country, your state, your parents, your teachers, and ultimately, yourselves. Remember this: The only good citizen is the well-educated citizen.

Death happened often enough that a certain melancholy existed between the young men and women of the little West Virginia town when they made their daily farewells

I had discovered that learning something, no matter how complex, wasn’t hard when I had a reason to want to know it.

A rocket won’t fly unless somebody lights the fuse!

There are two things every woman really wants: one, she wants to know that a man really loves her, and two, that he isn’t going to stop.

Not much comes easy in this world, Sonny. If it does, it’s best to be suspicious of it. It’s probably not worth much.