Astronauts Quote by Gustavo Arellano

No, I think most astronauts recognize that the space shuttle program is very high-risk, and are prepared for accidents.

— Sally Ride

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

— Leland Dirks

“Living close to the ground Is seventh Heaven 'cause there are angels all around Among my frivolous thoughts I believe there are beautiful things…

— Owl City

Astronauts are like these mythic legends, but really, they are just regular people, people who wear chinos.

— Mary Roach

“Seriously hairy shit was going down on a regular basis.”

— Mary Roach

No astronauts look like George Clooney.

— Ari Shaffir

Manned spaceflight has lost its glamour - understandably so, because it hardly seems inspiring, 40 years after Apollo, for astronauts merely to circle the…

— Martin Rees

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

— Jeff VanderMeer

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

— Jim Lovell

Since there always has to be a certain number of astronauts manning the station at all times, one of the main aspects of the…

— Philippe Perrin

The images of Earth's delicate biosphere, contrasting with the sterile moonscape where the astronauts left their footsteps, have become iconic for environmentalists: these may…

— Martin Rees

There's a latter-day notion that artsy hippie types in the 1960s disdained the space program. Not in my experience they didn't. We watched, transfixed…

— Patrick Nielsen Hayden