Massimino Astronaut Quotes

#1. My odyssey to become an astronaut kind of started in grad school, and I was working, up at MIT, in space robotics-related work; human and robot working together.

Michael J. Massimino

#2. Astronauts cannot pick their nicknames and can only get their nicknames from other astronauts. Any astronaut who tries to give himself a cool nickname will regret it by getting just the opposite from his astronaut friends.

Michael J. Massimino

#3. I saw this movie 'The Right Stuff' when I was in college, and it really rekindled my interest in being an astronaut. I started taking those steps, and then I realized it would be the chance of a lifetime. It would be a dream life: not just a job, but the whole life.

Michael J. Massimino

#4. Language is the only chimera whose illusory power is endless, the inexhaustibility which keeps life from being impoverished. Let men learn to serve language.

Karl Kraus

#5. The discovery which has been pointed to by theory is always one of profound interest and importance, but it is usually the close and crown of a long and fruitful period, whereas the discovery which comes as a puzzle and surprise usually marks a fresh epoch and opens a new chapter in science.

Oliver Lodge

#6. Because when they strike it can be that quick that if they're within range, you're dead, you're dead in your tracks. And his head weighs more than my body so it's WHACK!

Steve Irwin

#7. I was an answer-seeking machine, in love with what I called "the truth," whether it came in the form of little truth particles stuck to the pages of books or vast patterns screaming out from the obvious and mundane.

Barbara Ehrenreich

#8. It was said that the gods favored fools because they were entertaining to watch.

N.K. Jemisin

#9. All forces are a deterrent to and would be employed in a general war. Most of our forces could be employed in a limited war, if required

Thomas S. Gates Jr.

#10. I think the astronaut job is the best job in the world. I realized when I was older and started applying for it that it's a pretty cool job.

Michael J. Massimino

#11. What you are looking for is not out there. It is inside of you. You just have to reveal it.

Debasish Mridha

#12. I like being outside at night. It's relaxing.

Courtney Allison Moulton