More from Alan Bean
One of the great things about the universe is that it’s fair.
Alan BeanAlan Bean I can remember walking on the moon.
Alan BeanAlan Bean I feel like everyone who goes to The University of Texas is blessed and lucky to be there because they’re getting a chance to be as good as they can be.
Alan BeanAlan Bean Eventually there are going to be cities in space.
Alan BeanAlan Bean History has spurts and then is steady, and then maybe even backing up a step, and then forward again.
Alan BeanAlan Bean It’s hard not to be excited when you’re going to find a way to land on the moon.
Alan BeanAlan Bean It seems farther away now because there are no rockets getting there. Nobody is going.
Alan BeanAlan Bean Frequently on the lunar surface I said to myself, ‘This is the Moon, that is the Earth. I’m really here, I’m really here!’
Alan BeanAlan Bean The moon is very rugged.
Alan BeanAlan Bean Test pilots have a litmus test for evaluating problems. When something goes wrong, they ask, “Is this thing still flying?
Alan BeanAlan Bean I found I have to stay painting.
Alan BeanAlan Bean I have the nicest life in the world.
Alan BeanAlan Bean But I found that being an artist and doing accurate work is very difficult.
Alan BeanAlan Bean If the answer is yes, then there’s no immediate danger, no need to overreact.
Alan BeanAlan Bean We knew it was going to be difficult to get to the moon. We didn’t know how difficult.
Alan BeanAlan Bean As the centuries unfold, millions of artists will live on the moon and paint the moon and Mars as we go out into the universe.
Alan BeanAlan Bean
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From our community writers
We were dirt poor but we had each other. We didn’t need much to have a lot.
Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Always show kindness and love to others. Your words might be filling the empty places in someone else heart.
Alexander KandovAlexander Kandov One quick sip of your memory I let it slip, and I go on without you.
Emma SchippersEmma Schippers If the scars on my heart were visible to the naked eye, maybe you’d think twice about inflicting more.
Laura Natoli-KearneyLaura Natoli-Kearney I am getting better at forgetting you. I am slowly but steadily learning the art of forgetting you.
Juana GarciaJuana Garcia Paper and pen petrify me, for they pierce right through me, drawing deep blue blood, leaving me utterly cold.
Shreya JoshiShreya Joshi Spend time with people who get excited over even the smallest victories you earn.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis I wonder if you were the poison or the antidote.
Ginnie BaleGinnie Bale
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The age seems sore from excess of stimulation, just as a day or two after a thorough Debauch and long sustained Drinking-match a man feels all over like a Bruise.
Samuel Taylor ColeridgeSamuel Taylor Coleridge I’m a part of the music that happened. My voice is one more instrument, is what it is. So that’s the way I feel about people who “play on sessions.
Waylon JenningsWaylon Jennings Jobless people will have no self-confidence. And they feel they are worthless because when you don’t have a job you have to rely on someone.
Aung San Suu KyiAung San Suu Kyi Certainly the people who are close to me are happier. They feel freer.
Nadine GordimerNadine Gordimer Happiness is an abstraction, it is a product of the imagination, it is a way of being moved, which depends entirely on our way of seeing and feeling.
Marquis de SadeMarquis de Sade I’ve always thought that the best solution for those who feel helpless is for them to help others.
Aung San Suu KyiAung San Suu Kyi When humor works, it works because it’s clarifying what people already feel. It has to come from someplace real.
Tina FeyTina Fey Let me show you, he said in my ear. Like this. Feel that? Relax. Now pivot your hipsits all in the hips.
Becca FitzpatrickBecca Fitzpatrick