Soyuz Quotes

#1. I operated a periscopic TV camera so the commander, Anatoly Artsebarsky, could establish where we were heading. It is real teamwork on Soyuz.

Helen Sharman

#2. Space flight participants, commonly known as space tourists, pay between $20 and $40 million each to leave Earth for 10 days or so and go to the International Space Station (ISS) via Soyuz, the compact Russian rocket that is now the only way for humans to get to the ISS.

Chris Hadfield

#3. I would much rather fly on Soyuz than the shuttle.

Helen Sharman

#4. The Soyuz craft weighs tons, and you're lying on the floor of it on your back. But the Russians do tell you, remember, before you land, stop talking so you don't bite your tongue off.

Chris Hadfield

#5. Since the Columbia accident, the Russian space agency, or the Russian space program, has been literally carrying the load bringing us all the supplies we need on the Progress vehicle, smaller amounts on the Soyuz vehicles.

John L. Phillips

#6. Dramatically, the moment in 'Gravity' that was hardest to nail down is when Ryan is in the Soyuz capsule and she realizes that she's out of fuel. That's when the character's arc gets defined.

Alfonso Cuaron

#7. In the Soyuz, the little Russian capsule, you can actually hear the banging of the big shield, the big heat shield on the bottom, as it slowly erodes away from the heat and pieces of it fly off like sparks across your window, and it's an interesting thing to ride through, you know.

Chris Hadfield

#8. I lived at Star City for more than a year ahead of my trip to Mir on May 18, 1991 in Soyuz TM-12. My life at Star City was so remote that learning Russian became my greatest priority.

Helen Sharman

#9. To know the true value of true love one must experience true hatred first.

Albert Besselaar

#10. Fools are unable to comprehend the wisdom of asking God to manifest His desires into their own hearts. Instead, they ignore the tugs of the Holy Spirit on their heartstrings. They follow after their own yearnings, which only provide temporary pleasure, incomplete joy, and eventual damnation.

Cheryl Zelenka

#11. He was too young to know that, in any novel with a reasonable amount of forethought, there were no coincidences.

John Irving

#12. It's late at night when the memory comes for me, like it always seems to when the relief of sleep seems ready to draw me under.

Joaquin Lowe

#13. I'm always trying to be a good ambassador for my country.

Goran Visnjic

#14. We hold each other hostage to our eccentricities." I smiled again, an unseen smile. "We're made for each other.

Dean Koontz

#15. I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility.

John Ruskin

#16. people give you the wrong expecctations and then blame you when you can't meet them. It's your fault for not being the person they want you to be . You're the freak. You're the monster. When in reality, you're just trying to be... yourself.

Chris Colfer

#17. We are all woven together in the great web of humanity, and whatever we can do to benefit and uplift others will reflect in blessing upon ourselves.

Ellen G. White

#18. Instead of manipulating [people] for our own purposes, we'd help them achieve what is best for them. We'd also try to see life through their eyes. Treat others the way you would want them to treat you.

Billy Graham

#19. Just when everything seems to go along just fine, Life comes by and throws you its line.

Lee Bennett Hopkins