Quotes from Alan Bean

It's hard not to be excited when you're going to find a way to land on the moon.

It was hard for me to believe. I would look down and say, 'This is the moon, this is the moon,' and I would look up and say, 'That's the Earth, that's the Earth,' in my head. So, it was science fiction to us even as we were doing it.

One of the great things about the universe is that it's fair.

History has spurts and then is steady, and then maybe even backing up a step, and then forward again.

But I found that being an artist and doing accurate work is very difficult.

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.