#worth

If I leave this Earth, I want to leave this Earth just knowing I've tried to give something back and tried to do something worthwhile with myself. ↗

— Patrick Swayze

#earth #give #i #just #knowing

There are words which are worth as much as the best actions, for they contain the germ of them all. ↗

— Sophie Swetchine

#best #contain #germ #much #them

Most of the time I've worked in labs if I didn't encounter something in a week entirely unexpected and surprising I'd consider it a lost week. Lots of that is due to mistakes and stupidity, but it could open a new line of inquiry. Something really good turns up once in a hundred times, but it makes the whole day worthwhile. ↗

— Lewis Thomas

#could #day #due #encounter #entirely

Thousands of years ago, humans domesticated every possible large wild mammal species fulfilling all those criteria and worth domesticating, with the result that there have been no valuable additions of domestic animals in recent times, despite the efforts of modern science. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#ago #been #criteria #despite #domestic

Not considering this opening worthy of more attention, I continued our pursuit to the Northwest, being desirous to embrace the advantages of the prevailing breeze. ↗

— George Vancouver

#attention #being #breeze #considering #continued

Anytime James Carville, Paul Begala and David Axelrod hold hands and jump for joy, it's worth pondering how to turn their joy into tears. ↗

— Ari Fleischer

#david #hands #hold #how #into

When I shoot actors, I have that dilemma. I want the actor to be good, and sometimes I have to push them to a place that isn't pleasant. I always think: 'Is it worth doing for the sake of the movie?' But I have to remember the bigger picture. ↗

— Michel Gondry

#always #bigger #bigger picture #dilemma #doing

Having the benefit to our society, not only here in the United States but throughout the world with the amount of invention you get from having a space program, is well worth the risk that an individual like myself has to take by flying in the vehicle. ↗

— Mark Kelly

#benefit #flying #get #having #here

The eighth gift is Imagination. May it nourish your visions and dreams. ↗

— Charlene Costanzo

#character-building #dreams #imagination #inspiration #self-worth

Coming out to gays is a way of affirming sanity and self-worth. ↗

— George Weinberg

#coming #gays #out #sanity #self-worth