Buzz Aldrin Professions : Astronaut Born : January 20, 1930 Browse All Authors Top 300 quotes by Buzz Aldrin During the divorce process, I lived alone and tended to get extremely down on myself. Buzz Aldrin divorce process If you want poets in space, you'll have to wait. Buzz Aldrin space waiting want Timing has always been a key element in my life. I have been blessed to have been in the right place at the right time. Buzz Aldrin elements keys blessed At the core of the risk-free society is a self-indulgent failure of nerve. Buzz Aldrin nerves risk self The view from space is like having a globe on your desk -- it's a broadening experience. Buzz Aldrin desks space views We have the ability, at such high fidelity, to simulate the physical world through computers. But when the spiritual world or human behavior comes into play, we don't have a very good model for that at all. Buzz Aldrin spiritual play world I think the American Dream used to be achieving one's goals in your field of choice-and from that all other things would follow. Now, I think the dream has morphed into the pursuit of money: Accumulate enough of it, and the rest will follow. We've become more materialistic. For balance, I think we need to get back to idealism and patriotism, but also be realistic with our monetary goals. Buzz Aldrin goal dream thinking It's real easy to manufacture what you think the people want to hear. But that's not very honest. Buzz Aldrin real people thinking You are not going to change the minds of people who are looking for attention. Buzz Aldrin mind attention people Unfortunately, pioneers will always pave the way with sacrifices. Buzz Aldrin pioneers sacrifice way For every winner, there's a loser. And that person didn't really need to lose. They just didn't understand the game plan. Buzz Aldrin losing games needs Does it make sense for the U.S. to expend hundreds of billions of dollars to mount a new Apollo-style program to return to the moon? Or have we blazed that trail? Shouldn't we help other nations achieve this goal with their own resources but with our help? Buzz Aldrin moon helping-others goal When I am getting ready to cross a street, I look both ways before crossing. My bones, my muscles, are not what they used to be, so I am careful when I go up and down stairs, because I've heard stories of older people falling and having very disabling injuries. I have enough things that begin to go a little bit wrong as I get a little bit older. Buzz Aldrin people looks fall Once you've been first, it cannot be done again. Not by you, not by anyone else. Buzz Aldrin done firsts To appropriately respond to an emergency requires a very clear mind, to cooly analyze what the observations are and how to fix it. Buzz Aldrin observation emergencies mind The best way to study Mars is with two hands, eyes and ears of a geologist, first at a moon orbiting Mars... and then on the surface. Buzz Aldrin eye moon science History gets reinterpreted as time goes on. Many times, the participants are lost in the retelling of the story. Buzz Aldrin goes-on stories lost We should go boldly where man has not gone before. Fly by the comets, visit asteroids, visit the moon of Mars. There's a monolith there. A very unusual structure on this potato shaped object that goes around Mars once in seven hours. When people find out about that they're going to say 'Who put that there? Who put that there?' The universe put it there. If you choose, God put it there. Buzz Aldrin moon men people As we reflect back upon the tragic loss of Challenger and her brave crew of heroes who were aboard that fateful day, I am reminded that they truly represented the best of us, as they climbed aloft on a plume of propellant gasses, reaching for the stars, to inspire us who were Earthbound. Buzz Aldrin stars hero loss My first biography written in '73 was not 'Journey To The Moon.' It was 'Return To Earth.' Because for me, that was the more difficult task - disappointment. Buzz Aldrin moon disappointment journey Similar Authors Alfred Worden astronaut Alan Bean astronaut David Leestma astronaut Duane G. Carey astronaut Deke Slayton astronaut David Saint-Jacques astronaut All Authors
