Professor Goddard does not know the relation between action and reaction and the need to have something better than a vacuum against which to react. He seems to lack the basic knowledge ladled out daily in high schools. -- 1921 New York Times editorial about Robert Goddard's revolutionary rocket work.
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The future is just old age and illness and pain.... I must have peace and this is the only way.
The future is just old age and illness and pain.... I must have peace and this is the only way.
Capital punishment: them without the capital get the punishment.
Capital punishment: them without the capital get the punishment.
Why fear death? It is the most beautiful adventure in life.
Why fear death? It is the most beautiful adventure in life.
Hurry it up you Hoosier bastard! I could hang a dozen men while you're screwing around.
Hurry it up you Hoosier bastard! I could hang a dozen men while you're screwing around.
It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
The opera isn't over till the fat lady sings. - "The Washington Post", June 13, 1978.
The opera isn't over till the fat lady sings. - "The Washington Post", June 13, 1978.
Oh my, it's very beautiful over there.
Oh my, it's very beautiful over there.
I have tried so hard to do right.
I have tried so hard to do right.
A-four and a-three and a-two and a-one...
A-four and a-three and a-two and a-one...
