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“Also, I have duct tape. Ordinary duct tape, like you buy at a hardware store. Turns out even NASA can’t improve on duct tape.” (The Martian Quotes)
Andy Weir
The Martian
“As usual, I’m working with stuff that was deliberately designed not to burn. But no amount of careful design by NASA can get around a determined arsonist with a tank of pure oxygen.”
Andy Weir
The Martian
“As with most of life’s problems, this one can be solved by a box of pure radiation.”
Andy Weir
The Martian
“Astronauts are inherently insane. And really noble.”
Andy Weir
The Martian
“But really, they did it because every human being has a basic instinct to help each other out. It might not seem that way sometimes, but it’s true.”
Andy Weir
The Martian
“By my reckoning, I’m about 100 kilometers from Pathfinder. Technically it’s called “Carl Sagan Memorial Station.” But with all due respect to Carl, I can call it whatever the hell I want. I’m the King of Mars.”
Andy Weir
The Martian
“Duct tape works anywhere. Duct tape is magic and should be worshipped.”
Andy Weir
The Martian
“I can’t wait till I have grandchildren. When I was younger, I had to walk to the rim of a crater. Uphill! In an EVA suit! On Mars, ya little shit! Ya hear me? Mars!”
Andy Weir
The Martian
“I didn’t want to distract the people who were saving my life, so I muted my mic and screamed like a little girl. It’s true, you know. In space, no one can hear you scream like a little girl.”
Andy Weir
The Martian
“I don’t want to come off as arrogant here, but I’m the best botanist on the planet.”
Andy Weir
The Martian
“I guess you could call it a “failure”, but I prefer the term “learning experience”.”
Andy Weir
The Martian
“I need to ask myself, ‘What would an Apollo astronaut do?’ He’d drink three whiskey sours, drive his Corvette to the launchpad, then fly to the moon in a command module smaller than my Rover. Man those guys were cool.” (The Martian Quotes)
Andy Weir
The Martian
“I started the day with some nothin’ tea. Nothin’ tea is easy to make. First, get some hot water, then add nothin’.”
Andy Weir
The Martian
“I tested the brackets by hitting them with rocks. This kind of sophistication is what we interplanetary scientists are known for.”
Andy Weir
The Martian
“I’m pretty much fucked. That’s my considered opinion. Fucked.”
Andy Weir
The Martian
“If a hiker gets lost in the mountains, people will coordinate a search. If a train crashes, people will line up to give blood. If an earthquake levels a city, people all over the world will send emergency supplies. This is so fundamentally human that it’s found in every culture without exception. Yes, there are assholes who just don’t care, but they’re massively outnumbered by the people who do.”
Andy Weir
The Martian
“If the oxygenator breaks down, I’ll suffocate. If the water reclaimer breaks down, I’ll die of thirst. If the Hab breaches, I’ll just kind of explode. If none of those things happen, I’ll eventually run out of food and starve to death. So yeah. I’m fucked.”
Andy Weir
The Martian
“I’m traveling 90 kilometers per day as usual, but I only get 37 kilometers closer to Schiaparelli because Pythagoras is a dick.”
Andy Weir
The Martian
“It’s true, you know. In space, no one can hear you scream like a little girl.”
Andy Weir
The Martian
“Life is amazingly tenacious. They don’t want to die any more than I do.”
Andy Weir
The Martian
“Live Another Sol would be an awesome name for a James Bond movie.”
Andy Weir
The Martian
“Maybe I’ll post a consumer review. “Brought product to surface of Mars. It stopped working. 0/10.”
Andy Weir
The Martian
“My asshole is doing as much to keep me alive as my brain.”
Andy Weir
The Martian
“Once I got home, I sulked for a while. All my brilliant plans foiled by thermodynamics. Damn you, Entropy!”
Andy Weir
The Martian
“Problem is (follow me closely here, the science is pretty complicated), if I cut a hole in the Hab, the air won’t stay inside anymore.”
Andy Weir
The Martian
“The worst moments in life are heralded by small observations.”
Andy Weir
The Martian
“There aren’t many people who can say they’ve vandalized a three-billion-dollar spacecraft, but I’m one of them.” (The Martian Quotes)
Andy Weir
The Martian
“They say no plan survives first contact with implementation. I’d have to agree.”
Andy Weir
The Martian
“They’re not much different from kitchen trash bags, though I’m sure they cost $50,000 because of NASA.”
Andy Weir
The Martian
“Things didn’t go exactly as planned, but I’m not dead, so it’s a win.”
Andy Weir
The Martian
“Yes, of course duct tape works in a near-vacuum. Duct tape works anywhere. Duct tape is magic and should be worshiped.”
Andy Weir
The Martian
“You may be wondering what else I do with my free time. I spend a lot of it sitting around on my lazy ass watching TV. But also do you, so don’t judge.”
Andy Weir
The Martian
