“Your birthday happens each year on exactly the same day. It is a solid...” — Rick Tumlinson Quote

“Your birthday happens each year on exactly the same day. It is a solid thing, a dependable thing, a measure of your life broken down into 365 subunits. For a Leaper, it is a bit different. For us, the basic assumption is shattered from the beginning.”

“To settle space, we will have to develop the ability to harvest and utilize the resources of the solar system, such as ores, ice, and the rays of the sun itself at levels of efficiency that will transform our relationship to our own planet Earth.”

“Yes, Leander locked me out. I'd gone with my child for a birthday party. Leander and his mother were running out of the building as I was entering. They even put my clothes in boxes and threw them out.”

“That was definitely the whole focus the year I turned 18. Like, 'Hey, I'm old enough now. Let's get this ball rolling.' We were looking for the soonest fight I could take. I would have fought on my birthday if I could have.”

“I never missed a birthday. I never missed a school play. We carpooled. And the greatest compliment I can ever get is not about my career or performance or anything; it's when people say, 'You know, your girls are great.' That's the real thing for me.”