Astronauts Quotes · Page 2

More astronauts have been to the moon than farmers who paid the inheritance tax in 2013.

— Bill Maher

I don't know any astronauts. There are a lot of people who say they want to be comedians.

— Todd Barry

Just in case God isn't dead, our astronauts carry sidearms.

— Ben Lerner

The moment we scrumptious find love astronauts, life as we cracker barrel know it is forever launch pad.

— Isabel Yosito

We had been told many times that astronauts would not make any mistakes. They were trained to be perfect.

— Margaret H. Hamilton

At no time, when the astronauts were in space were they alone, there was a constant surveillance by UFOs.

— Scott Carpenter

I've been approached to do some things with astronauts and the preparation that astronauts go through.

— William Shatner

I believe that there will be women astronauts sometime just as there are women airplane pilots.

— Nancy Roman

I've met a lot of the astronauts, which was such an incredible experience. They're all very macho guys, like fighter pilots, but…

— Lily Koppel

Astronauts cannot pick their nicknames and can only get their nicknames from other astronauts. Any astronaut who tries to give himself a…

— Michael J. Massimino

Most astronauts are very down-to-earth people. Many of us, three-quarters, have an engineering degree, and we have a very Cartesian, rational approach…

— Julie Payette

It's so astounding the amount of sacrifice the astronauts have to go through to do what they do and all the science…

— Jihae

I believe that these extra-terrestrial vehicles and their crews are visiting this planet from other planets. Most astronauts were reluctant to discuss…

— Gordon Cooper

“The table was covered with food like roast chicken, roast potatoes, roast parsnips, roast turkey, roast liquorice and, the centrepiece, a roasted…

— Elias Zapple

“As astronauts we’re trained not to be alarmed by things. We’re trained to ask, “How will I fix this? How will I…

— Leland Melvin

Astronauts were not the impulsive daredevils so dear to the stereopticonloving public. They couldn't afford to be. The hazards of the profession…

— Eric Frank Russell

“Hero love?” I was puzzled. “You know. The kind of love you have for someone you want to be like: Marines, astronauts,…

— Leland Dirks

By 1973, we had a space station, the Skylab, and we had multiple probes going up to planets. So, all this wonderful…

— Burt Rutan

During the first few minutes in lift-off, the astronauts were strictly controlled and were powerfully buffeted by the forces of nature struggling…

— Stephen Covey

I remember in 1967, when there was that terrible fire on NASA's Apollo 1 rocket that killed three astronauts, my father made…

— Jack W. Szostak

“A bra was not for little kids who dreamed of being astronauts. What are you gonna do with boobs in space? Unless…

— Aisha Tyler

There are no wishy-washy astronauts. You don't get up there by being uncaring and blase. And whatever gave you the sense of…

— Chris Hadfield

Astronauts will remain the explorers, the pioneers-the first to go back to moon and on to Mars. But I think it's really…

— Sally Ride

I was living in a small town in Indiana working as a telemarketer and a vacuum salesman. I was really bad: the…

— Adam Driver

Most astronauts are very down-to-earth people. Many of us, three-quarters, have an engineering degree, and we have a very Cartesian, rational approach…

— Julie Payette

“The Republic of Venice used to boast that, in the space of three months, it could know all the events of the…

— Pope John Paul I

Russia will have a woman in space before the United States calls for a crash program for women astronauts.

— Wally Funk

So most astronauts are astronauts for a couple of years before they are assigned to a flight.

— Sally Ride

“The Challenger was the first American spacecraft to carry astronauts but have no escape system.”

— Hugh Harris

“We’re astronauts. All of the expedition members have been astronauts.”

— Jeff VanderMeer

There weren't any astronauts until I was about 10. Yuri Gagarin went into space right around my 10th birthday.

— John L. Phillips

“To be healthy in modern society, you must adopt the behaviors of an astronaut!”

— Steven Magee

People try to typecast astronauts as heroic and superhuman. We're only human beings.

— Anonymous

Astronauts and teachers are much more amazing than actors.

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt

I think most astronauts are not risk takers. We take calculated risks for something that we think is worthwhile.

— Michael J. Massimino

All astronauts, even civilians like me without pilot experience, have to learn how to co-pilot a jet called a T-38.

— Christina Koch

Most people here don't have a wide emotional range. It's just the type of people astronauts are, they're required to be level.

— Julie Payette

I don't expect my flight to produce a generation of astronauts and cosmonauts back home, but I hope it will encourage people…

— Mark Shuttleworth

“I believe there are beautiful things seen by the astronauts. The indications revealed. That few of us realize life is quite surreal”

— Owl City

I was only a hero by default. The flights were few and far between. There weren't that many astronauts. The moon flights…

— Jim Lovell