Astronaut Quotes

188 quotes by 133 authors

It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my… — Neil Armstrong
As a boy, because I was born and raised in Ohio, about 60 miles north of Dayton, the legends of the Wrights have been in… — Neil Armstrong
I fully expected that, by the end of the century, we would have achieved substantially more than we actually did. — Neil Armstrong
I thought the attractions of being an astronaut were actually, not so much the Moon, but flying in a completely new medium. — Neil Armstrong
I wanted to be a secret agent and an astronaut, preferably at the same time. — David Byrne
I think there would be no shortage of applicants to the government astronaut corps to be settlers on the planet Mars. And I think this… — Buzz Aldrin
I was the first Navy, Marine or Air Force person who had been an astronaut to return back to the Air Force. I had certain… — Buzz Aldrin
The purpose of going to Mars is for humans to first begin to occupy, permanently, another planet in the solar system. The astronauts or pilgrims,… — Buzz Aldrin
To send humans back to the moon would not be advancing. It would be more than 50 years after the first moon landing when we… — Buzz Aldrin
Being a leading man... that's like saying, 'I want to be astronaut.' That's not going to happen. — Steve Carell
I am the astronaut of boxing. Joe Louis and Dempsey were just jet pilots. I'm in a world of my own. — Muhammad Ali
Some of the senior people, the very senior astronauts, shook my hand and said, 'K.C., you did a great job. Don't let anyone tell you… — Kalpana Chawla
The powered flight took a total of about eight and a half minutes. It seemed to me it had gone by in a lash. We… — Robert Crippen
I'm sure we would not have had men on the Moon if it had not been for Wells and Verne and the people who write… — Arthur C. Clarke
What everyone in the astronaut corps shares in common is not gender or ethnic background, but motivation, perseverance, and desire - the desire to participate… — Ellen Ochoa
Golf camaraderie, like that of astronauts and Antarctic explorers, is based on a common experience of transcendence; fat or thin, scratch or duffer, we have… — John Updike
I never went into physics or the astronaut corps to become a role model. But after my first flight, it became clear to me that… — Sally Ride
Fear can sometimes be a useful emotion. For instance, let's say you're an astronaut on the moon and you fear that your partner has been… — Jack Handey
Listening to critics is like letting Muhammad Ali decide which astronaut goes to the moon. — Robert Duvall
There weren't any astronauts until I was about 10. Yuri Gagarin went into space right around my 10th birthday. — John L. Phillips

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