5 Quotes & Sayings By Homer Hickam

Homer Hickam is an American author and educator living in Virginia. He attended Union High School in Union Springs, Alabama and then received a bachelor's degree from Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. He graduated from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville with a master's degree in geology and worked as a coal miner for seven years before deciding to pursue a career in writing. His first book, Rocket Boys: A Memoir of My Early Years, which is about growing up in East Tennessee in the 1960s and 1970s and his experience with NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, was published in 2005 Read more

Hickam is the recipient of several awards including the 2007 Virginia Author Award for his work on Rocket Boys. He has been inducted into the Tennessee Aviation Hall of Fame and is a member of the National Space Society.

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The way I see it, if everybody ran from bad things instead of trying to stop them, bad things would be all there is. Homer Hickam
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I had discovered that learning something, no matter how complex, wasn't hard when I had a reason to want to know it. Homer Hickam
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Time is really the only gift we receive from God that we can give to others. Homer Hickam
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You must completely dedicate yourselves to it. To do less will be to let down your country, your state, your parents, your teachers, and ultimately, yourselves. Remember this: The only good citizen is the well-educated citizen. Homer Hickam