We knew what was under the surface and lived like it wouldn’t hurt us. ??? ?? ???? ??.

I try to understand, but all I hear is a river of words, rushing and thundering and pushing me beneath the surface. Now and then a word I know darts up like a sparkling fish, but then it’s all dark moving water again.

Every surface I touched was sticky; the cutlery, tables, trays and chairs clung to us like lonely drunks

There are no beautiful surfaces without a terrible depth.

The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.

It’s only because of their stupidity that they’re able to be so sure of themselves.

We dread the future only when we are not sure we can kill ourselves when we want to.

I’m sure that I’m a winner person. I’m sure that I win more than lose.

The surface below your feet is so special. It is not like a boxing ring, not like a wrestling mat, it’s its own thing, and when I am there, I am floating, I am moving with total freedom, I am free. And when you know, when you just know you are going to win, like I do, there is no better feeling.

Keep looking below surface appearances. Don’t shrink from doing so just because you might not like what you find.

We all hoped in 2001 that we could put in place an Afghan government under President Karzai that would be able to control the country, make sure al-Qaeda didn’t come back, and make sure the Taliban wasn’t resurging. It didn’t work out.

I’m gonna take myself a nap. Please don’t wake me up unless you’re sure we’re going to crash, because… I wouldn’t want to miss something like that.

We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it.

I think the power of the mind is amazing, and we’ve barely scratched the surface of what it can do.

Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease from pain.

Is not the gospel its own sign and wonder? Is not this a miracle of miracles, that ‘God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish’? Surely that precious word, ‘Whosoever will, let him come and take the water of life freely’ and that solemn promise, ‘Him that cometh unto Me, I will in no wise cast out,’ are better than signs and wonders! A truthful Saviour ought to be believed. He is truth itself. Why will you ask proof of the veracity of One who cannot lie?

Train up a child in the way he should go – but be sure you go that way yourself.

If you are renewed by grace, and were to meet your old self, I am sure you would be very anxious to get out of his company.

We regard it as a certainty that the earth, enclosed between poles, is bounded by a spherical surface.

One can never be sure whether it’s good poetry or bad acid

The exciting part for me, as a pilot, was the landing on the moon. That was the time that we had achieved the national goal of putting Americans on the moon. The landing approach was, by far, the most difficult and challenging part of the flight. Walking on the lunar surface was very interesting, but it was something we looked on as reasonably safe and predictable. So the feeling of elation accompanied the landing rather than the walking.

The method we used to descend from orbit to the surface of an alien world worked, but it would have been far more efficient and far less traumatic if we could just beam down.

As I stepped on the moon, I looked around, dazed… Magnificent. The vast, sandy silver surface was almost illusory.

The landing approach was, by far, the most difficult and challenging part of the flight. Walking on the lunar surface was very interesting, but it was something we looked on as reasonably safe and predictable. So the feeling of elation accompanied the landing rather than the walking.

The sure path can only lead to death.

It’s a brilliant surface in that sunlight. The horizon seems quite close to you because the curvature is so much more pronounced than here on earth. It’s an interesting place to be. I recommend it.

If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you

God grants that not only the love of liberty, but a thorough knowledge of the rights of man may pervade all the nations of the earth, so that anybody may set his foot anywhere on its surface and say, ‘This is my country!