"If the guidance failed or started to stray……" — Gene Cernan
"If the guidance failed or started to stray or went somewhere we didn't like or the ground didn't like, I could flip a switch, and I could control seven, over seven and a half million pounds of thrust with this handle and fly the thing to the Moon myself."
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Gene Cernan
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24 Quotes by Gene Cernan
Gene Cernan has 24 quotes on this site.
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Here I am at the turn of the millennium and I'm still the last man to have walked on the…
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It's our destiny to explore. It's our destiny to be a space-faring nation.
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I've been asked about UFOs and I've said publicly I thought they were somebody else, some other civilization.
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The mass gross absence of sound in space is more than just silence.
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I know the stars are my home. I learned about them, needed them for survival in terms of navigation. I…
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Prepare for the unknown, unexpected and inconceivable . . . after 50 years of flying I'm still learning every time…
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Yes, I am the last man to have walked on the moon, and that's a very dubious and disappointing honor.…
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Curiosity is the essence of human existence.
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Once I finally stepped on the moon, no matter what was to come of the next three days - or…
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As we leave the Moon at Taurus-Littrow, we leave as we came, and God willing, as we shall return, with…
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Another hundred years may pass before we understand the true significance of Apollo. Lunar exploration was not the equivalent of…
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OK, let's get this mother out of here.
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More Control Quotes
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The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the…
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Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning…
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The Israeli lobby has clout in the U.S., which means that re-arranging the region and controlling its resources one way…
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Once you publish a book, it is out of your control. You cannot dictate how people read it.
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You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
— Marcus Aurelius
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The world is so unpredictable. Things happen suddenly, unexpectedly. We want to feel we are in control of our own…
— Paul Auster
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Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path…
— Irving Babbitt
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Liberty is the prevention of control by others.
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And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality…
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Gun control means being able to hit your target. If I have a 'hot button' issue, this is definitely it.…
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It scares you: all the noise, the rattling, the shaking. But the look on everybody's face when you're finished and…
— Red Adair
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If you want to control other people, first control yourself.
— Abu Bakr
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