#astronaut

I cannot join the space program and restart my life as an astronaut, but this opportunity to connect my abilities as an educator with my interests in history and space is a unique opportunity to fulfill my early fantasies. ↗

— Christa McAuliffe

#cannot #connect #early #educator #fantasies

It so happened that my goals kind of matched my career progression toward becoming an astronaut. ↗

— John L. Phillips

#becoming #career #goals #happened #kind

It took me a long time to get selected as an astronaut. In fact, I applied for 20 years before I was selected. ↗

— John L. Phillips

#astronaut #before #fact #get #i

I never made a career decision based solely on my desire to be an astronaut. I attended the Naval Academy because I wanted to be a Navy pilot. I majored in math because math had always come pretty easily to me and I liked it. ↗

— John L. Phillips

#always #astronaut #attended #based #because

Welcome to President Bush, Mrs. Bush, and my fellow astronauts. ↗

— Dan Quayle

#bush #fellow #mrs #president #president bush

The successful golfers - they're like astronauts or pilots. They have that demeanor that they can focus and stay within that one moment and nothing distracts them. That's not me. ↗

— Ray Romano

#demeanor #distracts #focus #golfers #like

I don't know any astronauts. There are a lot of people who say they want to be comedians. ↗

— Todd Barry

#astronauts #comedians #i #know #lot

I was born too late for steam trains and a lazy eye meant I'd never be an astronaut. ↗

— Mark Haddon

#born #eye #i #i was born #late

I think that over the years, whether they want to admit it or not, people have to admit that the women astronauts have performed just as well as the men astronauts. ↗

— Shannon Lucid

#astronauts #i #i think #just #men

There weren't any astronauts until I was about 10. Yuri Gagarin went into space right around my 10th birthday. ↗

— John L. Phillips

#any #around #astronauts #birthday #i