Alan Shepard Quotes
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Of course, in our grade school, in those days, there were no organized sports at all. We just went out and ran around the school yard for recess.
— Alan Shepard
He respected them, and he hated them, and he knew the world would be lesser for their deaths.
— Kiersten White
Miles and miles and miles.
— Alan Shepard
Because of the suit I was wearing, I couldn't make a good pivot on the swing. And I had to hit the ball with one hand.
— Alan Shepard
They say any landing you can walk away from is a good one.
— Alan Shepard
I must admit, maybe I am a piece of history after all.
— Alan Shepard
I just wanted to be the first one to fly for America, not because I'd end up in the pages of history books.
— Alan Shepard
Unfortunately, the suit is so stiff, I can't do this with two hands, but I'm going to try a little sand-trap shot here.
— Alan Shepard
Losing an arm is kinda lame at one point, but at the same time, so much good has come out of it.
— Bethany Hamilton
I'd like to say I was smart enough to finish six grades in five years, but I think perhaps the teacher was just glad to get rid of me.
— Alan Shepard
I think about the personal accomplishment, but there's more of a sense of the grand achievement by all the people who could put this man on the moon.
— Alan Shepard
I played baseball as a left-handed first baseman, though never as well as I did quarterbacking.
— Bob Sheppard
Obviously I was challenged by becoming a Naval aviator, by landing aboard aircraft carriers and so on.
— Alan Shepard
Love before marriage is absolutely necessary.
— Samuel Richardson
Got more dirt than ball. Here we go again.
— Alan Shepard
You may not have any extra talent, but maybe you are just paying more attention to what you are doing.
— Alan Shepard
It is a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one's safety factor was determined by the lowest bidder on a government contract.
— Alan Shepard
Roger, liftoff, and the clock is started.
— Alan Shepard
We had some adverse conditions in the '60s, in the '70s and the '80s. The agency has risen above that in the past and will rise above that again.
— Alan Shepard
Why don't you fix your little problem and light this candle?
— Alan Shepard
Why don't you light that candle ?
— Alan Shepard
Please, dear Lord, don't let me f*** up. - ALAN SHEPARD, first American in space, seconds before liftoff
— Eric Greitens
We laughed at the same things, and we liked the same things. What more is needed for agreeable society?
— George Santayana
We need a continuing presence in space.
— Alan Shepard
We're going to see passengers in space stations in 15 years, who will be able to buy a ticket and spend a weekend in space.
— Alan Shepard
We also knew it would be difficult, because of the financial condition of the family, for me to go to college.
— Alan Shepard
Are you okay?" I ask.
"You're looking at me in a way nobody has for a while."
"And how's that?"
"Like I matter. — Lisa Swallow
"You're looking at me in a way nobody has for a while."
"And how's that?"
"Like I matter. — Lisa Swallow
It's been a long way, but we're here.
— Alan Shepard
I realized that there are just certain things in life that are private. I have things in my past - like everyone - that I'm not proud of.
— Ken Osmond
A liar ought to have a good memory.
— Quintilian
Australia smelt of apples. Ripe, green, crisp apples. A smell so sharp and sweet it made my teeth tingle.
— Andrea Levy
The difficulties of peace are better than the agony of war.
— Menachem Begin