"I realized how important it was to know……" — Ellen Ochoa
"I realized how important it was to know something about aviation, and it was something I was interested in, so I followed my brother's footsteps and obtained my pilot's license."
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21 Quotes by Ellen Ochoa
Ellen Ochoa has 21 quotes on this site.
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What everyone in the astronaut corps shares in common is not gender or ethnic background, but motivation, perseverance, and desire…
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A hallmark of the Latino community is to help one another, if students are interested in a way to give…
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I feel very privileged. But what I really hope for young people is that they find a career they’re passionate…
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Don't be afraid to reach for the stars
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Usually, girls weren't encouraged to go to college and major in math and science. My high school calculus teacher, Ms.…
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Education is what allows you to stand out
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I think of it as a good opportunity to let, in particular, school kids know that this job and other…
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Astronauts are very professional and when they're preparing for launch, they prepare for it as the most serious endeavor of…
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I don't know of any issues associated with alcohol before flight.
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I don't recall any interest in science in particular. It came later in college.
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I was always drawn to teachers who made class interesting. In high school, I enjoyed my American and English literature…
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I'll tell you, being involved in human space flight, it is an emotional endeavor. I think it brings in the…
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More Aviation Quotes
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Pilots take no special joy in walking. Pilots like flying.
— Neil Armstrong
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Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's…
— Douglas Adams
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More varied than any landscape was the landscape in the sky, with islands of gold and silver, peninsulas of apricot…
— Cecil Beaton
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In America there are two classes of travel - first class, and with children.
— Robert Benchley
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If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.
— Mel Brooks
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When you look at the stars and the galaxy, you feel that you are not just from any particular piece…
— Kalpana Chawla
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I went to the University of Washington as a physics and astronomy major. My other interest, of course, was aviation.…
— Michael P. Anderson
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To invent an airplane is nothing. To build one is something. But to fly is everything.
— Otto Lilienthal
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My first wife didn't like to fly, either.
— Gordon Baxter
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The odds against there being a bomb on a plane are a million to one, and against two bombs a…
— Benny Hill
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The bulk of mankind is as well equipped for flying as thinking.
— Jonathan Swift
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Which is now a more hopeful statement than Swift intended it to be.
— Will Durant
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