16 Quotes & Sayings By John Glenn

John Glenn was born in Cambridge, Ohio, on July 18, 1921. He graduated from Ohio State University with a degree in engineering, and was commissioned an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve. He completed pilot training at Marine Corps Aviation School, Cherry Point, North Carolina, and was awarded his pilot wings at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida Read more

As a Marine Corps fighter pilot during World War II, he flew more than 300 combat missions in five separate campaigns over Germany as a member of the elite Navy Fighter Squadron VMF-441. Following the war, he flew F2H Banshee fighters with the U.S. Marine All-Weather Fighter Squadron 311 (the "Blue Hawks").

During this time he set 10 world records for mission miles flown by fighter pilots. In 1953 John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth as part of Project Mercury. He served as chairman of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) astronaut selection board from 1965 to 1968 and was awarded NASA's highest honor, the Distinguished Service Medal, in 1967 for his role in selecting America's first astronauts.

Since retiring from NASA in Project Mercury , he has been active in promoting space exploration both nationally and internationally through his career as an advocate for science education and Star Wars missile defense systems.

Fear connotes something that interferes with what you’re doing.
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Fear connotes something that interferes with what you’re doing. John Glenn
Love is a combination of friendship, passion, and respect.
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Love is a combination of friendship, passion, and respect. John Glenn
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To look out at this kind of creation out here and not believe in God is to me impossible. John Glenn
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Old folks have dreams and ambitions too, like everybody else. Don't sit on a couch someplace. John Glenn
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I was hooked on aviation, made model airplanes, and never thought I would be able to fly myself. It cost too much. But then World War II came along and changed all that. John Glenn
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The most important thing we can do is inspire young minds and to advance the kind of science, math and technology education that will help youngsters take us to the next phase of space travel. John Glenn
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I don't know what you could say about a day in which you have seen four beautiful sunsets. John Glenn
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The best space movie in my view is 'Apollo 13.' That's just the way it happened. John Glenn
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I can't say I've ever had a dream about space or that I ponder it all the time. John Glenn
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An end of something means the beginning of something else, and I don't think that something else is going to be the death of the manned space program. John Glenn
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Quite often, while I'm getting up in the morning, I think my warranty is running out on these body parts because it's not working quite the way it used to. John Glenn
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The space station is the most unique laboratory we've ever built. The reason we have it is to do research on materials, people, medical matters, pharmaceuticals - the possibilities are nearly endless. John Glenn
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Probably, had World War II not come along and intervened, I would have tried to be a doctor. My son's a doctor, and I still take some medical journals to this day. John Glenn
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There is still no cure for the common birthday. John Glenn
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If you go to the Air and Space Museum in Washington, you can see the burn patterns on Friendship 7. John Glenn