October Sky
Quotes from October Sky
"No. Coal mining may be your life, but it's not mine. I'm never going down there again. I wanna go into space."
~Homer Hickam Jr. (Sonny)~
"All I've done is give you a book. You have to have the courage to learn what's inside it."
~Miss Riley~
"To get out of here, you've got to show your dad you're smarter than he thinks. I believe you can build a rocket. He doesn't. I want you to show him I'm right and he's wrong. Is that too much to ask?"
~Elsie Hickam~
"You know, it, uh, won't fly unless somebody pushes the button. It's yours, if you want it."
~Homer Hickam Jr. (Sonny)~
"Dad, I may not be the best, but I come to believe that I got it in me to be somebody in this world. And it's not because I'm so different from you either, it's because I'm the same. I mean, I can be just as hard-headed, and just as tough. I only hope I can be as good a man as you. Sure, Wernher von Braun is a great scientist? but he isn't my hero."
~Homer Hickam Jr. (Sonny)~
"Look at it go, Homer. This one's gunna go for miles."
~Quentin~
"Let them have outer space. We got rock 'n' roll."
~Roy Lee~
"Your father always has to be the big hero. I swear if he dies I won't shed a tear."
~Elsie Hickam~
"Roy Lee: What's an auk?
O'Dell: It's a bird that don't fly.
Roy Lee: You mean like a parakeet?"
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