“Had (President) Kennedy turned to his advisers and wailed, "What can we beat the Russians at?" and if someone had cried "Backgammon!" at that point, Apollo would never have happened.” — Andrew Smith Copy Share Image
“I was thinking. What if the world was like one of those Russian nesting dolls? What if we only saw one surface of it,… — Andrew Smith Copy Share Image
“Worry and regret are both useless weights that provide no drag. They never did anything to slow down the planet for one goddamned second.” — Andrew Smith Copy Share Image
“Sometimes it is perfectly acceptable to decide not to decide, to remain confused and wide-eyed about the next thing that will pop up in… — Andrew Smith Copy Share Image
“People fear what they can not understand and what they can not control.” — Andrew Smith Copy Share Image
“Joey told me nothing ever goes back exactly the way it was, that things expand and contract – like breathing, but you could never… — Andrew Smith Copy Share Image
“You know, if they ever gave a Nobel Prize for avoiding work, every year some white guy in Iowa would get a million bucks… — Andrew Smith Copy Share Image
“Was Apollo worth all the effort and expense? If it had been about the Moon, the answer would be no, but it wasn't, it… — Andrew Smith Copy Share Image
“I once heard a tobacco-chewing hog farmer say that, in Iowa, folks like to spread out their children like dog shit on a dance… — Andrew Smith Copy Share Image
“Everyone on every road that crossed beneath the point of my pen was always going to do the same things over and over and… — Andrew Smith Copy Share Image
