I’ve jumped out of an airplane 34 times. I’ve dove 212 feet under water. I’ve done a lot of things that defied death. — Jesse Ventura Tags: #Water, #Feet, #Airplane, #JesseVentura, #American, #PoliticianMini who’s who: Jesse Ventura :...
Any design, whether it’s for a ship or an airplane, must be done in anticipation of potential failures. — Henry Petroski Tags: #Potential, #Ship, #Airplane, #HenryPetroski, #American, #AuthorMini who’s who: Henry Petroski : American Author Born:...
So I’m more at home with my backpack, sleeping in a hotel room or on a bus or on an airplane, than I am necessarily on a bed. It’s weird being here. It feels like I’m standing next to my real life. — Henry Rollins Tags: #Life, #Weird,...
A lot of writing I do on tour. I do a lot on airplanes. At home, I write a lot, obviously. When I write a song, what I usually do is work the lyric out first from some basic idea that I had, and then I get an acoustic guitar and I sit by the tape recorder and I try to...
For me, being in a car or on an airplane is like being in limbo. It’s this dead zone between two places. But to walk, you’re some place that’s already interesting. You’re not just between places. Things are happening. — Rebecca Solnit...