Shuttle Launch Quotes

#1. I wanted to get superimposed on a shuttle launch.

Mark Roberts

#2. I think the Space Shuttle is worth one billion dollars a launch. I think that it is worth two billion dollars for what it does. I think the Shuttle is worth it for the work it does.

Pete Conrad

#3. My mother had lived in London since I was little, so she never got to see my school plays and stuff.

Lauren Graham

#4. Self-denial is simply a method by which arrests his progress, and self-sacrifice a survival of the mutilation of the savage.

Oscar Wilde

#5. I want everything to be perfect, if I'm going to do it.

Miley Cyrus

#6. The pressure suit helps if something goes wrong during launch or re-entry - astronauts have a way to parachute off the shuttle. The suits protect you from loss of pressure in case of emergency.

Sally Ride

#7. The launch of a space shuttle can still make you weep with amazement and wonder, if you happen to be watching it.

Hanna Rosin

#8. It would be sad if the expertise built up during the 40 years of the U.S. and Russian manned programmes were allowed to dissipate. But abandoning the shuttle, and committing to new launch vehicles and propulsion systems, is actually a prerequisite for a vibrant manned programme.

Martin Rees

#9. Your story is the greatest legacy that you will leave to your friends.It's the longest-lasting legacy you will leave to your heirs.

Steve Saint

#10. Victory's contagious" -Lorde

Jennifer Thompson

#11. There's nothing I love more in the world than layering voices.

Laura Mvula

#12. The rockets light! The shuttle leaps off the launch pad in a cloud of steam and a trail of fire.

Sally Ride

#13. Before sight and sound hijacked our attention, we shared with all life a sort of common sense, a chemical sense that depended on direct contact with matter in the water or the air.

Lyall Watson

#14. A thing resounds when it rings true, Ringing all the bells inside of you, Like a golden sky on a summer eve Your heart is tugging at your sleeve, And you cannot say why ... There must be more

Andrew Peterson