Famous Quotes & Sayings

Wally Schirra

As a Naval officer, I was trained, essentially bred, to be a military aviator. I was a Naval officer on assignment, not an employee of NASA.

James Lovell

The moon is essentially gray, no color. It looks like plaster of Paris, like dirty beach sand with lots of footprints in it.

James Newman

The Theory of Groups is a branch of mathematics in which one does something to something and then compares the result with the result obtained from doing the same thing to something else, or something else to the same thing.

Duane G. Carey

I've always been, since I was fairly young, I've been interested in motorcycles and have owned them and ridden them and raced them, things like that.

Duane G. Carey

So, whenever Scooter was the Pilot, he never had a chance to fly the orbiter. So, the joke is: I'm going to have a chance to fly it first and hand it over to him.

Duane G. Carey

Obviously, as a jet fighter pilot, everybody looks forward to the ascent; all that power, you know, that seven million pounds of thrust going uphill.

Claude Nicollier

I feel very privileged to be part of this mission, and when my nomination was announced, I was really very, very happy to be selected for this mission.

Leroy Chiao

But it's also a lot of hard work, and it's a long time to be away from your family and friends. So I had a lot of different feelings.

Duane G. Carey

But, I have to tell you that, astronauts, rookie astronauts after they land, they say that they found the training to be more than adequate.

Jean Chretien

The seven astronauts on board were accomplished women and men of great courage who put their extraordinary skills and knowledge to the service of humankind,

Richard Zurek

The desire to explore has really always been a part of the American spirit and Mars is a new frontier. Its a place where you could someday send astronauts to do that kind of exploration.

Ernest Hollings

We've lost 14 astronauts and $5 billion in hardware with upgrades,

Chris Hadfield

Nothing focuses your mind quite like flying a jet. That's one reason NASA requires that astronauts fly T-38s: it forces us to concentrate and prioritize in some of the same ways we need to in a rocket ship.

Philip Glass

And then I went back to New York and found other people doing it. A handful of people.

Jimmy Chamberlin

After I left the Pumpkins, I went home and just sat around. I have a studio in my basement, and I found myself writing all these songs, just taking advantage of the relaxed situation. I wrote about 30 songs in about 30 days.

Stephen Murphy

So we found out what else they were interested in, ... sound tracks for people's lifestyles.

Mahmud Abbas

President Mahmud Abbas on Friday November 11, 2005 laid the foundation stone of the mausoleum of the late president Yasser Arafat,

Sepp Blatter

They are a little too much the perfectionists. We still haven't found the optimal solution. If everyone has to show their papers, it will take four hours before spectators are in the stadium.

Perry Tyndall

They always found a way to win, they never settled. They always kept battling.

Felipe Alou

The writers, ... used to make fun of us. I found it to be ? ridiculous. I found it to be low class. I found it to be prejudiced. I found it to be ignorant.

Marla Crago

This is great for things I found hard to treat.

David Perno

This is good timing for us as we head in to SEC play next weekend. We've solidified our lineup and our pitching plans, and it looks like we've found another starter in Trevor. We're still going to look at Stephen (Dodson) and Nathan (Moreau) this week too but Trevor was real good today.

Steve Foley

As a grown-up, yeah. But my rookie and my second year, I was partying.

Don Shula

And my rookie contract, my first rookie contract was for $5,000.

Michael Boulware

I had a stellar rookie year. This year has to be better.

Mike Grier

I think once you play 80 games, you're not a rookie any more.

Ken Jr.

I also need to get some deodorant. Which rookie wants to run out and get me some?

Larry Brown

I thought they were a little tired, ... and then I thought down the stretch, I don't want to put the rookies in a tough situation like that.

Brett Hoebel

Structure your cross-training appropriately by alternating the intensity of your sessions so you work, recover, work, recover.

Bonnie Jo Campbell

I have a second-degree black belt in Okinawan kobudo weapons training.

Gary Convis

Through this cascading system, we will end up training everyone the same way.

Andy Kindler

I don't really know what's wrong with Jay Leno. I don't have the training to make a professional diagnosis.

Angelo Dundee

Training fighters is like trying to catch a fish. It's technique, not strength.

Robert Fripp

But above that, most mature adults can hold their attention on something for 45 minutes, whether they like it or not. But above that requires training.

Rick Moody

I have sparred with commenters as a music writer (on The Rumpus, among other places, see e.g., my review about Taylor Swift), and that was plenty of training!

Richard Marcinko

The more thou sweateth in training, the less thou bleedeth in combat.

Ruth Benedict

The heavier our bodies, the higher our will, our spirit, rises above them.' 'The wearier we are, the more splendid the training.