Todd Barry Quotes

Then, much later, my next dream was to become an astronaut, and I was fortunate to realize that dream, also.

What I've been noticing is people coming up to me and going, 'Are you an actor?' which is cool. That's ultimately what I want.

It so happened that my goals kind of matched my career progression toward becoming an astronaut.

Most of us at least briefly considered answering, 'An astronaut,' when asked as children what we wanted to be when we grew up.

If my vision was good enough, I'd be an astronaut.

To become an astronaut, someone has to have a dream of his own to do something that he or she has always wanted to do, then commit himself to making that dream come true.

Ever since I was a kid, I always wanted to be an astronaut.

Go to the moon - that's my dream.

The biggest honor is to be an astronaut. It's such a tremendous privilege to be able to represent humankind in our quest to explore space.

Spoiler alert: I did not become an astronaut.

I'm fully aware that if I were to change professions tomorrow, become an astronaut and be the first man to land on Mars, the headlines in the newspapers would read: 'Mr. Darcy Lands on Mars.

I wanted to be a secret agent and an astronaut, preferably at the same time.

I'm trying to be a comedian, you know?

I wanted to be an astronaut when I was a kid. I grew up in Houston. Gordo Cooper was my favorite astronaut.

It took me a long time to get selected as an astronaut. In fact, I applied for 20 years before I was selected.

I was only a hero by default. The flights were few and far between. There weren't that many astronauts. The moon flights were so interesting and exciting.

I had envisioned doing comedy since childhood. For sure.

Everyone said that if you want to be a real actor, go to New York. If you want to sell out, go to LA. And I thought - I want to sell out!

You get to that age where you're watching a lot of television, and who doesn't want to be on television?

Perhaps one day I will go into space.

I saw this movie 'The Right Stuff' when I was in college, and it really rekindled my interest in being an astronaut. I started taking those steps, and then I realized it would be the chance of a lifetime. It would be a dream life: not just a job, but the whole life.

I don't have to go into outer space to write about an astronaut.

From day one, I have been told I am no different from the male astronauts. As a pilot, I flew in the sky. Now that I am an astronaut, I will fly in space.

I never thought much about success early on. I only thought about being a comedian - or just being in show business, is really more accurate.

My name's Jennifer Ellison and one day I'm going to be famous!