Computers Quote by Homer Hickam

After marketing surveys by Universal Studios indicated that 'Rocket Boys' as a movie title would not attract the female over-age-thirty demographic, the film was…

— Homer Hickam

As I wrote more I became more critical of myself and I think that you have to be your harshest judge. I don't ever…

— Homer Hickam

Writer's block to me is where you stop because you're afraid to go forward because you're not sure of what really should be happening…

— Homer Hickam

The best way to learn to write is to read in the genre you might be interested in; then, you need to actually sit…

— Homer Hickam

NASA's charter is to give Americans the means to get into the wild, black yonder, beyond even the grasp of the federal government that…

— Homer Hickam

If politicians want to save money, that's fine. They can look for all the wasteful spending they want, but not where the lives of…

— Homer Hickam

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

— Homer Hickam

My father lost an eye to a snapped cable while trying to rescue trapped miners, though he kept on working for fifteen years afterward.

— Homer Hickam

When I was a boy, one of my favorite places to go was a pine-filled hollow high on the mountain behind our house. It…

— Homer Hickam

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

— Homer Hickam

When the moon was first visited in 1969, the astronauts brought back a treasure trove of unique minerals. Contained within specimens was an isotope…

— Homer Hickam

You must completely dedicate yourselves to it. To do less will be to let down your country, your state, your parents, your teachers, and…

— Homer Hickam