Astronauts Quotes

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

When I was nine, I wanted to be an astronaut but at that time there weren't any Canadian astronauts. You had to be American or Soviet. So many things will be possible in your lifetimes. - Chris Hadfield

What if we do go to some other planet, discover it has life, and then not be able to get the baby snakes, or whatever they are, deathworms probably, out of the capsule, and then rather than sacrificing themselves and not coming back, the astronauts bring back the ultimate in irritating apartment pests. In 2106, people will be complaining about having deathworms in their bread. - James Earl Jones

We've lost 14 astronauts and $5 billion in hardware with upgrades. - Ernest Hollings

Welcome to President Bush, Mrs. Bush, and my fellow astronauts. - Dan Quayle

We went back to Apollo [moon walks], where [ground control] was providing blow-by-blow advice to astronauts who would narrate all of their activities. The point is, when you're on Mars you can't be having this conversation with folks back in Houston because of the time delay. - Bill Clancey

We share this pain with all of the people of our country. This is truly a national loss. Nineteen years ago, almost to the day, we lost three astronauts in a terrible accident on the ground. But we've never lost an astronaut in flight. We've never had a tragedy like this. - Ronald Reagan

We pray for the souls of the astronauts who bravely contributed to the progress of the human race. - Junichiro Koizumi