#astronaut

I wanted to be a secret agent and an astronaut, preferably at the same time. ↗

— David Byrne

#astronaut #i #preferably #same #secret

I had done everything I could do as an astronaut, and we have a long line of inexperienced astronauts waiting for their first missions, and so my role really should be to step aside and help them prepare for their missions, rather than to try to get another mission. ↗

— Leroy Chiao

#aside #astronaut #astronauts #could #done

I think it's good to have competition. Now we have a third country that can launch astronauts, so it's good for all of us. It makes us a little bit more competitive and wanting to be the leader. ↗

— Leroy Chiao

#bit #competition #competitive #country #good

There is no one area of chemical engineering that specifically helped me in my career as an astronaut, it was more the general education in engineering. Also, it was a very difficult and rigorous course. So, it made me strong and resourceful. ↗

— Leroy Chiao

#area #astronaut #career #chemical #course

And now for Return to Flight, I'm chief of robotics working in the astronaut office in Houston, as a Canadian. ↗

— Chris Hadfield

#canadian #chief #flight #houston #i

And, so I set my goals on astronaut because, as a military aviator, it was, I considered that to be about the peak of a flying career. ↗

— Duane G. Carey

#astronaut #aviator #because #career #considered

Astronauts are very professional and when they're preparing for launch, they prepare for it as the most serious endeavor of our lives. ↗

— Ellen Ochoa

#endeavor #launch #lives #most #our

Being an astronaut is a wonderful career. I feel very privileged. But what I really hope for young people is that they find a career they're passionate about, something that's challenging and worthwhile. ↗

— Ellen Ochoa

#astronaut #being #career #challenging #feel

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

#astronauts #celebrity #concept #cooked #i

Amy: I never knew you drank wine. Doctor: I'm 1103 I must have drunk it sometime in my life. *takes sip and spits it out in disgust* ↗

— Steven Moffat

#doctor-who #impossible-astronaut #who #life