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He truly is a rocket scientist.


Rick Brubaker

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HENRY HALL [Saying] it doesn't take a rocket scientist ... ratchet up the pressure.
FRED UPTON The guy wasn't exactly a rocket scientist. He sent the e-mail with his name clearly indicated in the...
IBRAHIM HOOPER You don't need to be a rocket scientist to say this looks fishy.
CINDI CANARY The key to success is having some discipline, ... You don't have to be rocket scientist.
DAVID CARUSO It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that out, but we pretty much confirmed it.
RANDY ANDERSON I'm an artist, but my father is an old rocket scientist, so we talked about physics a lot over the d...
ELLEN MILLER Touring is the only thing I know. I'm not a rocket scientist, what else am I going to do? Chicks, bo...
EDDIE MONEY It doesn't take a rocket scientist to take them down and put them back up if you follow the rules.
ALEX JAMES They're good as any two guards in the state. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out they c...
CHRIS GREENE It doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize that a handful of insurance companies with a strangleh...
JERRY FLANAGAN Do the math. Look at the points he's accumulated for this team and the force he is on the ice when h...
COLBY ARMSTRONG You don't have to be a rocket scientist to learn this stuff, and it's not like you have to change yo...
JON KABAT-ZINN Paper costs money...you do not need to be a rocket scientist to understand that up to $3 billion in ...
GIOVANNI BISIGNANI You do not have to be a rocket scientist to know that it is hard for a market to keep going up when ...
ROBERT KIYOSAKI We're pretty limited offensively. I don't think it takes a rocket scientist to figure out that every...
DAVE SMART I don't think it takes the brain of a rocket scientist to figure out that they had more jump than we...
JEREMY ROENICK To have the mind of a scientist and the heart of a Christian, truly is a blessing as much as it is a...
RB FRITZ He has a beautiful stroke. Pure as Rick Barry.
BILL BAKAMUS You don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure out it all depends on when flu arrives. If it arri...
ARNOLD MONTO A humble scientist is a good scientist.
DAN SHECHTMAN He's a scientist. He went there thinking like a scientist. He learned new things and he's going to a...
LANNY SWERDLOW Without this program, there is no doubt in my mind that many disabled children would not be riding b...
RICHARD KLEIN If you put somebody on a crack pipe and give them a 9 mm Baretta, you don't have to be a rocket ...
JAMES LEE BURKE It doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand what's going on. Just look out the window, ... Ther...
LOIS FRANKEL We could do the highways now, and it would be a boon to the city. It wouldn't take a rocket scientis...
WALTER HAYDEN Literature and philosophy both allow past idols to be resurrected with a frequency which would be tr...
MORRIS RAPHAEL COHEN Man is a political animal by nature; he is a scientist by chance or choice; he is a moralist because...
HANS J. MORGENTHAU Most of us understand what healthy food is - it doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that veg...
JESSIE PAVELKA Lastly, literature and philosophy both allow past idols to be resurrected with a frequency which wou...
MORRIS RAPHAEL COHEN It seems that 'rocket scientist' is a job category that's here for the long haul, like &...
SETH SHOSTAK Look at the language. If a scientist delivers the simple, unconditional, absolutely certain statemen...
DANIEL GARDNER When he entered the anteroom, two women looked up at him. One was Miss Robertson, the governor's sec...
GEORGE P. ELLIOTT Annina: Monsieur Rick, what kind of a man is Captain Renault? Rick: Oh, he's just like any other man...
HUMPHREY BOGART That person is a failure who steals the science of a scientist and claims that he is the owner.
KAMARAN IHSAN SALIH Annina: Monsieur Rick, what kind of a man is Captain Renault?
Rick: Oh, he's just like any othe...
HUMPHREY BOGART I've talked to Rick Causey, and he does not have the willful, knowing, intentional state of mind it ...
MICHAEL RAMSEY Rick requested 20 stalls, and we gave him 14. He said he could work with that.
DOUG BREDAR He told us that Dad would kill us before he would let us live with Rick,
DEREK KING Most everyone with any sense knows that all creatures need a suitable place to live. If the places t...
ROBERT STACK When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly...
ARTHUR C. CLARKE The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers, he is one who asks the right questions.
CLAUDE LEVI-STRAUSS A scientist who cannot prove what he has accomplished, has accomplished nothing.
WALTER REISCH The final event to himself has been, that as he rose like a rocket, he fell like the stick.
THOMAS PAINE God is more truly imagined than expressed, and He exists more truly than He is imagined.
SAINT AUGUSTINE Rick White showed me something. He's been overworked, but he got the job done.
PETE MACKANIN So then he comes in and I says 'Listen, b*tch, ahm Rick James.'
DAVE CHAPPELLE My boss told me "It's not rocket science." Yeah, almost everything that exists is not rocket science...
ANONYMOUS A good scientist is a person in whom the childhood quality of perennial curiosity lingers on. Once h...
FREDERICK SEITZ What is pride? A rocket that emulates the stars.
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH What is pride? A rocket that emulates the stars
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH He is truly a wolf in sheep's clothing.
CANDACE THOMSEN Life is a re-discovery.
BRIAN BLESSED If you think that life is a celebration full of party poppers and merry go rounds it's not it's a ga...
GARY F EVANS... Life Is a Misconception.
DEYTH BANGER Life is a desire!
DEYTH BANGER To trust someone you must firstly remember that it is a two way street that will go all the way if y...
GARY F EVANS... It is a lie.
ARTHUR MILLER I began playing Monopoly for real when I was 26 years old. Today, my wife and I have approximately 1...
ROBERT KIYOSAKI The fish flicks round to the corresponding side in response to the signal, as if it has caught a whi...
NEW SCIENTIST Until you see that first pitch or field that first ball, you're still going to have some jitters.
ROCKET WHEELER Science can't prove everything! Say, a scientist saw a fish splashing in the pond. On the next day h...
MD. ZIAUL HAQUE If a scientist is not befuddled by what they're looking at, then they're not a research scie...
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON We believe Rick Ashmore is a great addition to our athletic program.
BILL DORULLA What is pride? A whizzing rocket that would emulate a star.
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH What is pride? A whizzing rocket that would emulate a star.
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH A scientist will never show any kindness for a theory which he did not start himself.
MARK TWAIN He is truly great who hath a great charity.
THOMAS A KEMPIS I always felt that a scientist owes the world only one thing, and that is the truth as he sees it.
HANS EYSENCK If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly ri...
ARTHUR C. CLARKE If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible he is almost certainly rig...
ARTHUR C. CLARKE The scientist does not study nature because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it, a...
HENRI POINCARE The ideal engineer is a composite ... He is not a scientist, he is not a mathematician, he is not a ...
N. W. DOUGHERTY It ain't always rocket science, sometimes a door is just a door.
JAMES ROLLINS Rocket science is tough, and rockets have a way of failing.
SALLY RIDE Housing is a question of the will. It's not rocket science.
CONNIE PASCALE Brian Westbrook is truly deserving of this prestigious honor. The statistics he put up during his Vi...
ANDY TALLEY Across the field I saw the line judge (Rick Page), and he was shaking his head no.
TONY HAYNES He truly deserves such a feat. This is a fantastic achievement.
SOURAV GANGULY I mean, Rick James was just a man-made image, the image I created. Just trying to live Rick James al...
RICK JAMES Adam Sandler is truly brilliant. He plays these goofy characters, but he is a brilliant fellow.
HENRY WINKLER A scientist in his laboratory is not a mere technician: he is also a child confronting natural pheno...
MARIE CURIE A truly happy person is he who is happy without any reason.
DEBASISH MRIDHA It’s a rare man who is taken for what he truly is.
PETER S. BEAGLE It's not rocket science. It's social science.
CLEMENT MOK Rick is the leader and I don't have a problem with that.
BENJAMIN ORR I can't wait to work for Rick Kaplan. He's a great producer. I would host an infomercial if he would...
TUCKER CARLSON I don't think makeup is rocket science or a cure for cancer.
CINDY CRAWFORD Man is a make-believe animal -- he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part.
WILLIAM HAZLITT Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part.
WILLIAM HAZLITT Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part
WILLIAM HAZLITT Rick told me to put him in and that he'd get it done. He was mad as heck at me and should have been....
PHILLIP FULMER The truly generous is the truly wise, and he who loves not others, lives unblest.
HENRY HOME The truly generous is the truly wise, and he who loves not others, lives unblest
HENRY HOME We're very excited about Rick because he brings a wealth of experience and is very high on fundament...
BOB STANLEY For me, my life is a journey.
JAY ELECTRONICA We're trying to raise a lot of money for Easter Seals and the reason why we're doing it is when Rick...
DICK HOYT I think the main lesson that I have learned is that a good scientist is a humble scientist who is op...
DAN SHECHTMAN I'm not a chef. I haven't created any new technique in the kitchen. I'm not a rocket sci...
RACHAEL RAY The artist does not illustrate science (but) he frequently responds to the same interests that a sci...
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I don't hate you."

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RICK RIORDAN Life is only precious because it ends, kid.
RICK RIORDAN Now, come over here so I can pat you down."
"But you don't have-" Percy stopped. "Uh, sure." RICK RIORDAN Can you surf really well, then?"
I looked at Grover, who was trying hard not to laugh.
"Je...
RICK RIORDAN Hera, do not dare take credit! You have caused at least as many problems as you fixed!
RICK RIORDAN He wondered if...his dad, Zeus, would write him a note: “Please excuse Jason from eternal damnatio...
RICK RIORDAN Usually I give demigods something simple like a shopping trip, singing a funny song, that sort of th...
RICK RIORDAN Nico danced around like he needed to use the restroom. "Does Zeus really have lightning
bolts t...
RICK RIORDAN If you look at it from any other side, it looks like a pile of enormous deer droppings, but Chiron w...
RICK RIORDAN Thalia blushed. "Hi, Lord Apollo."

Zeus's girl, yes? Makes you my half sister. Used to be...
RICK RIORDAN The god of wine looked around at the assembled crowd. “Miss me?”

The satyrs fell over...
RICK RIORDAN My faithful companion, Zoe Nightshade, has passed into the stars. I must have a new lieutenant. And ...
RICK RIORDAN Wait just a minute," Ares growled. He pointed at Thalia and me. "These two are dangerous. It'd be mu...
RICK RIORDAN But I've never even been to Olympus! Zeus is crazy!"

Chiron and Grover glanced nervously ...
RICK RIORDAN Kronos couldn't have risen if it hadn't been for a lot of demigods who felt abandoned by their paren...
RICK RIORDAN Your uncle," Poseidon sighed, "has always had a flair for dramatic exits. I think he would've done w...
RICK RIORDAN I looked at Thalia. "You're afraid of heights."

Now that we were safely down the mountain...
RICK RIORDAN Doesn't miss many meals, does he?" Zeus muttered. "Tyson, for your bravery in the war, and for leadi...
RICK RIORDAN The Council agrees," Zeus said. "Percy Jackson, you will have one gift from the gods."
I hesita...
RICK RIORDAN As for my brothers," Zeus said, "we are thankful"-he cleared his throat like the words were hard to ...
RICK RIORDAN It's just Annabeth mom jeez!
RICK RIORDAN Хей! - извика Гроувър. - Тя май припадна!
- Гррр! - обади...
RICK RIORDAN Той ме погледна тъжно, сякаш мислеше какви цветя да изб...
RICK RIORDAN Синдром на Дефицит на Вниманието (СДВ)
RICK RIORDAN You're cute when you're worried, your eyebrows get all scrunched together.
RICK RIORDAN then things got even stranger.
Mr. Brunner, who'd been out in front of the museum a minute befo...
RICK RIORDAN There are parties and then there are huge major blowout parties. And then there are Olympian parties...
RICK RIORDAN Apollo?” I guessed…
He put a finger to his lips. “I’m incognito. Call me Fred.”
...
RICK RIORDAN Percy smiled. He knew the stakes were high. He knew this day could go horribly wrong. But he also kn...
RICK RIORDAN Hazel squinted. "How far?"
"Just over the river and through the woods."
Percy raised an ey...
RICK RIORDAN Can’t this thing go any faster?” Thalia demanded.
Zoe glared at her. “I cannot control tr...
RICK RIORDAN