Homer Hickam ✓

(1943) science fiction writer United States

10 quotes in 185 categories

Homer Hickam (born 1943) was a United States science fiction writer, known for The Far Reaches|The Coalwood Way|Rocket Boys|Back to the Moon|Sky of Stone|Torpedo Junction.

All Homer Hickam Quotes

• It is better to confess ignorance than provide it. Better
• 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,… Citizen
• I didn’t care…about heroes who could read minds or walk through walls or do magic. The heroes I liked had courage and knew more real… Care
• A rocket won't fly unless somebody lights the fuse! Fly
• Despite the ills of our society, we largely live among compassionate, kind and optimistic people who are striving to do good. [...] Learn how to… Afraid
• A man can't hit a woman and stay a man. He becomes a loathsome thing, even to himself. But the woman who stays with such… Becomes
• 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… Every Woman
• 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. Best
• I had discovered that learning something, no matter how complex, wasn't hard when I had a reason to want to know it. Complex
• I would tell people some years later that I was raised an only child and so was my brother. Brother

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