KeenBrain
KeenBrain
KeenBrain

Alan Shepard Quotes


Share this page on

Quotes by Alan Shepard

Showing 21-29 of 29 Quotes by Alan Shepard

I think the sense of family and family achievement, plus the discipline which I received there from that one-room school were really very helpful in what I did later on.

~Alan Shepard

Topics: Achievement Did Discipline Family Helpful Later Plus Really Received School Sense Think Very Were Which I Think

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I woke up an hour before I was supposed to, and started going over the mental checklist: where do I go from here, what do I do? I don't remember eating anything at all, just going through the physical, getting into the suit. We practiced that so much, it was all rote.

~Alan Shepard

Topics: Anything Before Eating Getting Go Going Here Hour Just Mental Much Over Physical Practiced Remember Rote Started Suit Supposed Through Up Where Woke

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Obviously I was challenged by becoming a Naval aviator, by landing aboard aircraft carriers and so on.

~Alan Shepard

Topics: Aircraft Becoming Challenged Landing Naval Obviously

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Of course I was delighted the flight was over, but I still had to worry about cleaning up inside the cabin, I had to worry about the hatch, how to get in the sling, and so on.

~Alan Shepard

Topics: About Cabin Cleaning Course Delighted Flight Get Had Hatch How Inside Over Still Up Worry

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


So everything turned out fine, and we were given the opportunity to go to Washington and be briefed on the project of man in space, and given the opportunity to choose whether we wanted to get involved or not.

~Alan Shepard

Topics: Choose Everything Fine Get Given Go Involved Man Opportunity Out Project Space Turned Wanted Washington Were Whether

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


The pilot looked at his cues of attitude and speed and orientation and so on and responded as he would from the same cues in an airplane, but there was no way it flew the same. The simulators had showed us that.

~Alan Shepard

Topics: Airplane Attitude Flew Had He His Looked Orientation Pilot Same Speed Us Way Would

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Then there was the challenge to keep doing better and better, to fly the best test flight that anybody had ever flown. That led to my being recognized as one of the more experienced test pilots, and that led to the astronaut business.

~Alan Shepard

Topics: Anybody Astronaut Being Best Better Business Challenge Doing Ever Experienced Flight Flown Fly Had Keep Led More Pilots Recognized Test Then

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


We also knew it would be difficult, because of the financial condition of the family, for me to go to college.

~Alan Shepard

Topics: Also Because College Condition Difficult Family Financial Go Knew Me Would

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


You've done it in the simulator so many times, you don't have a real sense of being excited when the flight is going on. You're excited before, but as soon as the liftoff occurs, you are busy doing what you have to do.

~Alan Shepard

Topics: Before Being Busy Doing Done Excited Flight Going Many Occurs Real Real Sense Sense Soon Times You

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Astronaut

Born: November 18th, 1923

Died: July 21st, 1998

Links

Find Alan Shepard on Amazon

Related Authors

Neil Armstrong
Frank Borman
Roger B. Chaffee
Laurel Clark
Marc Garneau
Umberto Guidoni
Scott Kelly
Alan G. Poindexter
Rusty Schweickart
Ulrich Walter

Popular Authors

Bo Burnham Bill Burr George W. Bush William James Robert Kiyosaki Jack Ma Colin Powell Eckhart Tolle

Change your beliefs...change your life.

Get a related quote or insight every day.

(it's 100% free)

Follow Us On

Today's Birthdays

1770 - William Wordsworth

1648 - John Sheffield

1718 - Hugh Blair

1772 - Charles Fourier

1775 - Francis Cabot Lowell

1780 - William Ellery Channing

1873 - John Mcgraw

1874 - Frederick Carl Frieseke

1881 - Daisy Ashford

1889 - Gabriela Mistral

Birthdays on April 7th
All Birthdays

Popular Topics

Alone Anniversary Failure Future Independence Parenting Religion Saint Patrick's Day