More from Alan 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 I think everything depends on money.
Alan BeanAlan Bean
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Our only limitation is that we only believe what is visible to our eyes and audible to our ears.
Shilpa GoelShilpa Goel Some days, you will be close to the finish line and still not make it.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
Bell HooksBell Hooks I separated someplace for each person in my heart, But she claimed to be the owner of it.
Moses AlexanderMoses Alexander Modern-day love stories are born not out of love, but a tired mind and a restless heart.
Puneet MehraPuneet Mehra Forcing things only creates more tension in the mind. Let go.
Ayaka HaseAyaka Hase It doesn’t take courage to find peace in the arms of destiny. It takes faith.
Anamika GargAnamika Garg I can’t wait to collect memories from every corner of the earth to splash in the vastness of this beautiful world.
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More on feel
Do not, on a rainy day, ask your child what he feels like doing, because I assure you that what he feels like doing, you won’t feel like watching.
Fran LebowitzFran Lebowitz Gentile smoked salmon is all… muscular and smells of smoke. It’s not very fatty. They don’t understand – smoked salmon should be almost spreadable! So you give them the real stuff and they can’t believe how delicious it is.
Giles CorenGiles Coren But still I can never shake the feeling that buses are somehow beneath me. Which is why I have a rule regarding their use: I never, ever run for one. And nor should you.
Giles CorenGiles Coren Clean fighting solves everything. It ends all bad blood and any ill feelings people have. That’s my thoughts.
Conor McGregorConor McGregor When I am free to train and free to move, I feel like a gorilla in the jungle. Then, when there are a bunch of media obligations, I feel like I have been captured and am being kept on display.
Conor McGregorConor McGregor Feeling good about government is like looking on the bright side of any catastrophe. When you quit looking on the bright side, the catastrophe is still there.
P. J. O'RourkeP. J. O'Rourke Ifyou have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.
Fran LebowitzFran Lebowitz I don’t feel that emotion is a good thing to have in combat. You must be cold.
Conor McGregorConor McGregor