Quotes by Astronaut Astronauts: space activists. Frank Borman astronautactivistspace To become an astronaut, someone has to have a dream of his own to do something that he or she has always wanted to do, then commit himself to making that dream come true. Gene Cernan astronautdreamwanted I've been asked about UFOs and I've said publicly I thought they were somebody else, some other civilization. Gene Cernan alien-lifeastronautcivilization I don't have to go into outer space to write about an astronaut. Geoffrey S. Fletcher astronautspacewriting Astronauts: rotarians in outer space. Gore Vidal astronautastronomyspace I'd have given my right eye to be an astronaut. Jacqueline Cochran astronautspaceeye Before I settled on music, I wanted to be an archaeologist, an astronaut, all sorts of really diverse things. Joan Jett archaeologistsastronautwanted There weren't any astronauts until I was about 10. Yuri Gagarin went into space right around my 10th birthday. John L. Phillips astronautspacebirthday While I'm not a celebrity, it's such a weird concept that society has cooked up for us. Astronauts and teachers are much more amazing than actors. Joseph Gordon-Levitt astronautactorsteacher Astronauts and teachers are much more amazing than actors. Joseph Gordon-Levitt astronautactorsteacher Most astronauts are very down-to-earth people. Many of us, three-quarters, have an engineering degree, and we have a very Cartesian, rational approach to things. You don't go and get swept off your feet. That's not your job and that's not why you're hired. So if you get so mesmerized that you forget to do what you're supposed to do, whether it's to open the cargo door of the space shuttle or configure something inside, then you should not be there as a professional operator. Julie Payette astronautforgetpeople The opportunities to become an astronaut in Canada were far and few. Julie Payette astronautcanadaopportunity When I'm a man, I will be an astronaut, and find Peter Pan on the second star on the right. Kate Bush astronautstarsmen Well, the coolest thing I have seen so far, in terms of, like, me being an astronaut and seeing something unusual, was the rendezvous, the docking of a Progress spaceship. Kevin A. Ford astronautunusualprogress If there'd been an astronaut on the moon right then, I'm sure I could have seen him. Perhaps he could have looked down and seen me too... the only one who could. Lucy Christopher astronautdown-andmoon I think most astronauts are not risk takers. We take calculated risks for something that we think is worthwhile. Michael J. Massimino astronautriskthinking The hardest thing for me as an astronaut was to improve my swimming skills. Michael J. Massimino astronautswimming I fully expected that, by the end of the century, we would have achieved substantially more than we actually did. Neil Armstrong astronautcenturyends I thought the attractions of being an astronaut were actually, not so much the Moon, but flying in a completely new medium. Neil Armstrong astronautflyingmoon We must move into the universe. Mankind must save itself. We must escape the danger of war and politics. We must become astronauts and go out into the universe and discover the God in ourselves. Ray Bradbury astronautwarmoving«1234»
