I wanted to be a secret agent and an astronaut, preferably at the same time. — David Byrne Copy Share Image
“Despite not being an astronaut or ever wanting to go to space, I can’t help but feel a sense of awe.” — B.C. Chase Copy Share Image
I didn't really decide that I wanted to be an astronaut for sure until the end of college. — Sally Ride Copy Share Image
Spacemen - men who work in space, pilots and jetmen and astrogators and such - are men who like a few million… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
If I couldn't be an actor, I would only consider being an astronaut, a sea otter, or a gynecologist. — Leslie Nielsen Copy Share Image
Somehow, I knew you had to have perfect eyesight to be a test pilot, and so that was it for my astronaut… — Paul Allen Copy Share Image
Like other kids wanted to become firemen or astronauts, I wanted to make people laugh. — Steven Wright Copy Share Image
Once you've grown up in space, moving on means moving out, not going back to Earth. Nobody wants to be a groundpounder. — Gregory Benford Copy Share Image
I suppose the one quality in an astronaut more powerful than any other is curiosity. They have to get some place nobody's… — John Glenn Copy Share Image
“You get an astronaut's life whether you want it or not. Leave it all behind for a world you know nothing about.… — Joe Hill Copy Share Image
The whole Hubble program has just been a fabulous testament to the NASA science community and the NASA astronaut community. — Heidi Hammel Copy Share Image
There weren't any astronauts until I was about 10. Yuri Gagarin went into space right around my 10th birthday. — John L. Phillips Copy Share Image
Being a rock & roll star has become as legitimate a career option as being an astronaut or a policeman or a fireman. — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
From as young as I can remember, I wanted to be - in order - an astronaut, a geologist, and a biologist. — Kathleen Rubins Copy Share Image
Not everyone can be an astronaut and go into space, some people with sufficient resources can purchase and fly sub-orbitally thanks to… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
I think doing something of your life is something that you've got deep inside, whether it's to, whether you want to be… — Philippe Perrin Copy Share Image
The only negative thing is that I got into acting thinking, "One day I'll be a cowboy, the next day I'll be… — Joshua Malina Copy Share Image
Why are hemorrhoids called hemorrhoids and asteroids called asteroids? Wouldn't it make more sense if it was the other way around? But… — Robert Schimmel Copy Share Image
You’ve got to believe you can be a standup before you can be a standup. You have to believe you can act… — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
I never made a career decision based solely on my desire to be an astronaut. I attended the Naval Academy because I… — John L. Phillips Copy Share Image
I remember all the kids picking their chosen career paths and I was thinking, If I'm an actor I can be an… — Chris Lowell Copy Share Image
“This was exactly what I experienced in space: immense gratitude for the opportunity to see Earth from this vantage, and for the… — Ron Garan Copy Share Image
'Love' has that Kubrick tonality to it, but this is not a Stanley Kubrick movie - there will never be another. At… — Tom DeLonge Copy Share Image
As a youngster, I read of Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon. As a student, I wrote English reports on science fiction. And… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
There's a huge amount of pressure on every astronaut, because when you get right down to it, the experiments that are conducted… — Sally Ride Copy Share Image
What keeps me up at night? Probably most, thinking about the future for my kids. It sounds kind of funny, but not… — Leroy Chiao Copy Share Image
“You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to… — Edgar Mitchell Copy Share Image
Everywhere I go I meet girls and boys who want to be astronauts and explore space, or they love the ocean and… — Sally Ride Copy Share Image
He'd always known that the world was an interesting place, and his imagination had peopled it with pirates and bandits and spies… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I wanted to be an actor, an astrologer, an astronaut; a lot of different things were going through my mind. But I… — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
The successful golfers - they're like astronauts or pilots. They have that demeanor that they can focus and stay within that one… — Ray Romano Copy Share Image
I would certainly encourage young people to pursue their dreams. It isn't always an easy path, but it's worth going after. And… — Peggy Whitson Copy Share Image
The solid waste is returned to Earth with the shuttle. If we [astronauts] ever dump solid waste overboard, it's going to give… — Mike Mullane Copy Share Image
I've never had a musical career. So I think it's been unaffected. I play the accordion. In terms of thinking of it… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
My name is Leland Tyler Wayne. My mom wanted to give me a name where, no matter what I wanted to do,… — Metro Boomin Copy Share Image
Being an astronaut is a wonderful career. I feel very privileged. But what I really hope for young people is that they… — Ellen Ochoa Copy Share Image
Growing up, people will tell you that you have a better chance to become an astronaut than becoming an NBA player. So… — Clyde Drexler Copy Share Image
I was the first Navy, Marine or Air Force person who had been an astronaut to return back to the Air Force.… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
The purpose of going to Mars is for humans to first begin to occupy, permanently, another planet in the solar system. The… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
In the Astronaut Office we're never totally out of training, we always keep our hand in it. But after five years, things… — Linda M. Godwin Copy Share Image
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