Jack Cheng > Quotes

“knowledge is better than ignorance, and it’s better to find out and embrace the truth even if that truth might not feel good.”
― Jack Cheng, See You in the Cosmos

“...if you're only brave when you're happy then it's not bravery”
― Jack Cheng, See You in the Cosmos

“Most people give up on what they want. They’ll come across the first little obstacle and they’ll give up, and then they’ll try to tear down the people they see doing what they felt like they couldn’t.”
― Jack Cheng, See You in the Cosmos

“There's a part of it (love) that's, like, letting go. Like a sacrifice but in a good way. You trade a part of yourself for something that's even bigger than you, and it feels good but weird at the same time. It's totally worth it, though" -Terra”
― Jack Cheng, See You in the Cosmos

“I asked her why doesn't she buy a nicer car and she said she doesn't need nice things, she just needs her own things, and I respect that" -Alex”
― Jack Cheng, See You in the Cosmos

“Sometimes the clouds inside my head get big and gray and swirly and then I hurricane through my eyes. Except I don’t literally hurricane through my eyes—I don’t actually have a weather system in my head.”
― Jack Cheng, See You in the Cosmos

“I said, Of course I'm full of questions, how can I find out the truth about stuff if I do't ask questions, DUH!" -Alex”
― Jack Cheng, See You in the Cosmos

“Maybe if you sleep where another person sleeps and do what that person does, then eventually you’ll start turning into that person.”
― Jack Cheng, See You in the Cosmos

“There’s a difference between not caring and knowing what’s important.”
― Jack Cheng, These Days

“...maybe you can't really know, from the outside. Maybe only the people who are in it (love) can really know" -Terra”
― Jack Cheng, See You in the Cosmos

“Maybe as soon as you love someone you're physically connected to them with a tube that's kind of like a leash, except it's made out of flesh and it grows out of your belly button and you call it a fleash" -Alex”
― Jack Cheng, See You in the Cosmos

“Sometimes the clouds inside my head get big and gray and swirly and then I hurricane through my eyes.”
― Jack Cheng, See You in the Cosmos

“I guess I felt like the reason I was so hurt afterward was because I'd gotten carried away, started thinking too far ahead of myself. And all the pain and suffering were because I'd built up my expectations, and after that I learned my lesson. If I don't expect anything, then nothing can hurt me.”
― Jack Cheng, These Days

“He said that right now was the most important moment—how they reacted to the failure. They could either let it stop them or they could redouble their efforts, figure out what went wrong, and fix their mistakes so they can make the next try a success.”
― Jack Cheng, See You in the Cosmos

“A pesar de como se ven las cosas, hay que empezar a ser valiente”
― Jack Cheng, See You in the Cosmos

“That's why I try to surround myself with people who ARE smart about other stuff, like you”
― Jack Cheng, See You in the Cosmos

“if a hall monitor tries to write you up for being late you can say, Take it up with my triceratops. I”
― Jack Cheng, See You in the Cosmos

“Giving up meant caving to the pressure of an external force, whereas quitting was an exercise of internal will.”
― Jack Cheng, These Days

“It’s through remembering that we’re able to learn about ourselves, to grow.”
― Jack Cheng, These Days

“You have a plan, a mission. You have what you want. Most people give up on what they want. They'll come across the first little obstacle and they'll give up.”
― Jack Cheng

“they had reached that point in time when the responsibility for what happened next was passed baton-like from Preparation to Chance.”
― Jack Cheng, These Days

“What’s a social worker, is it someone whose job it is to go on Twitter? And”
― Jack Cheng, See You in the Cosmos

“Le volte che ci innamoriamo e facciamo le cose con coraggio e diciamo la verità sono le volte che siamo grandi e siamo ovunque, come l’universo.”
― Jack Cheng, See You in the Cosmos

“Nostalgic is something people really don’t need anymore but still like to have around, like jukeboxes or roller skates or appendixes. Do you guys have appendixes?”
― Jack Cheng, See You in the Cosmos

“remember what Cindy said about starting middle school and making a statement. We both made statements all right, just very different ones.”
― Jack Cheng, The Many Masks of Andy Zhou

“But my hero also said that knowledge is better than ignorance, and it’s better to find out and embrace the truth even if that truth might not feel good.”
― Jack Cheng, See You in the Cosmos

“Être adulte, c'est être responsable de ses actes [...]
Et parfois, être adulte, c'est aussi être responsable de choses dont on n'est pas responsable.”
― Jack Cheng, See You in The Cosmos

“And do you know what my hero said to these people? He told them to think about what it would mean if we went to Mars. He said if we can do something that big, something that's never been done before in the history of humanity, then of course we can solve all problems we have at home, DUH! And I agree.”
― Jack Cheng

“I wanted to put my best foot forward just like my hero.”
― Jack Cheng