October Sky

Radio Announcer: '...We are told that Sputnik will be visible to the naked eye... about an hour after sunset and an hour before dawn... as it traverses the October sky over the United States.'

Miner: What do you boys think about this? Isn't that something?
Roy Lee: Let 'em have outer space. We got rock 'n' roll.

Quentin: What you fail to grasp... is that the sound you're hearin' is bein' transmitted by an object... that is travelin' at 18,000 miles per hour... 559 miles high, and orbitin' the Earth--
— Shut up!
Miss Riley: Boys, not in my class! Thank you, Quentin. Now Quentin's right, y'all. Sputnik is a milestone in history. Things'll never be the same again.

Roy Lee: You can't be seen with him, Homer. He's a weirdo. You go ahead... but you can kiss your social life good-bye.

Roy Lee: We poop out this time, the whole county's gonna be laughin' at us.
Quentin: Who cares what any of them think?
Roy Lee: Easy for you to say, Quentin. You're used to being made fun of.

Homer Hickam: Hurry up, y'all. It won't fly unless somebody pulls the string.

John Hickam: Well, is mining coal as terrible as you figured it'd be?
Homer Hickam: I guess not. But almost.

Miss Riley: You know what? Sometimes you really can't listen to what anybody else says. You just gotta listen inside. You're not supposed to end up in those mines. You know why? 'Cause I think you made other plans.

Homer Hickam: No. The coal mine's your life. It's not mine. I'm never goin' down there again. I wanna go into space...

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