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Top 30 Scott Kelly Quotes (2025 Update)

Scott Kelly Quote: “I think of a saying I once heard that was attributed to the Navy SEALs: “Slow is efficient. Efficient is fast. Slow is fast.”

1. “I think of a saying I once heard that was attributed to the Navy SEALs: “Slow is efficient. Efficient is fast. Slow is fast.”

— Scott Kelly

Scott Kelly Quote: “Putting it into orbit – making it work and keeping it working – is the hardest thing that human beings have ever done, and it stands as proof that when we set our minds to something hard, when we work together, we can do anything, including solving our problems here on Earth.”

2. “Putting it into orbit – making it work and keeping it working – is the hardest thing that human beings have ever done, and it stands as proof that when we set our minds to something hard, when we work together, we can do anything, including solving our problems here on Earth.”

— Scott Kelly

Scott Kelly Quote: “There is a fine line between ritual and superstition, and in a life-threatening business such as spaceflight, superstition can be comforting even to the nonbeliever.”

3. “There is a fine line between ritual and superstition, and in a life-threatening business such as spaceflight, superstition can be comforting even to the nonbeliever.”

— Scott Kelly

Scott Kelly Quote: “Jacob Thorke. My label, but not the description of a person. The prints are the most permanent thing about me.”

4. “Jacob Thorke. My label, but not the description of a person. The prints are the most permanent thing about me.”

— Scott Kelly

Scott Kelly Quote: “I’ve learned that most problems aren’t rocket science, but when they are rocket science, you should ask a rocket scientist.”

5. “I’ve learned that most problems aren’t rocket science, but when they are rocket science, you should ask a rocket scientist.”

— Scott Kelly

Scott Kelly Quote: “I smell something strangely familiar and unmistakable, a strong burned metal smell, like the smell of sparklers on the Fourth of July. Objects that have been exposed to the vacuum of space have this unique smell on them, like the smell of welding – the smell of space.”

6. “I smell something strangely familiar and unmistakable, a strong burned metal smell, like the smell of sparklers on the Fourth of July. Objects that have been exposed to the vacuum of space have this unique smell on them, like the smell of welding – the smell of space.”

— Scott Kelly

Scott Kelly Quote: “I’ve learned that most problems aren’t rocket science, but when they are rocket science, you should ask a rocket scientist. In other words, I don’t know everything, so I’ve learned to seek advice and counsel and to listen to experts.”

7. “I’ve learned that most problems aren’t rocket science, but when they are rocket science, you should ask a rocket scientist. In other words, I don’t know everything, so I’ve learned to seek advice and counsel and to listen to experts.”

— Scott Kelly

Scott Kelly Quote: “I miss the sound of children playing, which always sounds the same no matter their language.”

8. “I miss the sound of children playing, which always sounds the same no matter their language.”

— Scott Kelly

Scott Kelly Quote: “I preferred a shorter, more compelling quotation: “The sea is selective, slow at recognition of effort and aptitude, but fast at sinking the unfit.”

9. “I preferred a shorter, more compelling quotation: “The sea is selective, slow at recognition of effort and aptitude, but fast at sinking the unfit.”

— Scott Kelly

Scott Kelly Quote: “At NASA, we talk about “expeditionary behavior,” which is a loose term for being able to take care of yourself, take care of others, help out when it’s needed, stay out of the way when necessary – a combination of soft skills that’s difficult to define, hard to teach, and a significant challenge when they are lacking.”

10. “At NASA, we talk about “expeditionary behavior,” which is a loose term for being able to take care of yourself, take care of others, help out when it’s needed, stay out of the way when necessary – a combination of soft skills that’s difficult to define, hard to teach, and a significant challenge when they are lacking.”

— Scott Kelly

Scott Kelly Quote: “If you were doing something safe, something you already knew could be done, you were wasting time.”

11. “If you were doing something safe, something you already knew could be done, you were wasting time.”

— Scott Kelly

Scott Kelly Quote: “In my half-awake state it occurs to me that one day we’re all going to be dead, that we will all be dead much longer than we were alive. In a sense I feel I know what it will be like, because we were all “dead” once, before we were born. For each of us, there was a moment when we became self-aware, realized that we were alive, and the nothingness before that wasn’t particularly objectionable. This thought, strange as it may be, is reassuring.”

12. “In my half-awake state it occurs to me that one day we’re all going to be dead, that we will all be dead much longer than we were alive. In a sense I feel I know what it will be like, because we were all “dead” once, before we were born. For each of us, there was a moment when we became self-aware, realized that we were alive, and the nothingness before that wasn’t particularly objectionable. This thought, strange as it may be, is reassuring.”

— Scott Kelly

Scott Kelly Quote: “Working with the right person can make the toughest day go well, and working with the wrong person can make the simplest task excruciatingly difficult.”

13. “Working with the right person can make the toughest day go well, and working with the wrong person can make the simplest task excruciatingly difficult.”

— Scott Kelly

Scott Kelly Quote: “I clean up, putting all the tools and instruments back where they belong, remembering that a tool in the wrong place is no better than a tool we don’t have.”

14. “I clean up, putting all the tools and instruments back where they belong, remembering that a tool in the wrong place is no better than a tool we don’t have.”

— Scott Kelly

Scott Kelly Quote: “I’ve learned from watching my mother train to become a police officer that small steps add to giant leaps.”

15. “I’ve learned from watching my mother train to become a police officer that small steps add to giant leaps.”

— Scott Kelly

Scott Kelly Quote: “As we start the journey, translating hand over hand along the rails, I notice again how much damage has been done to the outside of the station by micrometeoroids and orbital debris. It’s remarkable to see the pits in the metal handrails going all the way through like bullet holes. I’m shocked again to see them.”

16. “As we start the journey, translating hand over hand along the rails, I notice again how much damage has been done to the outside of the station by micrometeoroids and orbital debris. It’s remarkable to see the pits in the metal handrails going all the way through like bullet holes. I’m shocked again to see them.”

— Scott Kelly

Scott Kelly Quote: “The sun rises; forty-five minutes later, the sun sets.”

17. “The sun rises; forty-five minutes later, the sun sets.”

— Scott Kelly

Scott Kelly Quote: “Unlike NASA, the Russians don’t feel the drama of the countdown is necessary.”

18. “Unlike NASA, the Russians don’t feel the drama of the countdown is necessary.”

— Scott Kelly

Scott Kelly Quote: “There is a saying in the Navy about mistakes: “There are those who have and those who will.”

19. “There is a saying in the Navy about mistakes: “There are those who have and those who will.”

— Scott Kelly

Scott Kelly Quote: “You know,” Gennady says, “it will really suck if we get hit by this satellite.” “Da,” Misha agrees. “Will suck.”

20. “You know,” Gennady says, “it will really suck if we get hit by this satellite.” “Da,” Misha agrees. “Will suck.”

— Scott Kelly

Scott Kelly Quote: “The sea is selective, slow at recognition of effort and aptitude, but fast at sinking the unfit.”

21. “The sea is selective, slow at recognition of effort and aptitude, but fast at sinking the unfit.”

— Scott Kelly

Scott Kelly Quote: “If NASA were to train an astronaut how to mail a package, they would take a box, put an object in the box, show you the route to the post office, and send you on your way with postage. The Russians would start in the forest with a discussion on the species of tree used to create the pulp that will make up the box, then go into excruciating detail on the history of box making.”

22. “If NASA were to train an astronaut how to mail a package, they would take a box, put an object in the box, show you the route to the post office, and send you on your way with postage. The Russians would start in the forest with a discussion on the species of tree used to create the pulp that will make up the box, then go into excruciating detail on the history of box making.”

— Scott Kelly

Scott Kelly Quote: “When I look around, all I see is black. Maybe I’m looking right at the Earth and not seeing any lights because we’re passing over the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean, or perhaps I’m just looking at space.”

23. “When I look around, all I see is black. Maybe I’m looking right at the Earth and not seeing any lights because we’re passing over the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean, or perhaps I’m just looking at space.”

— Scott Kelly

Scott Kelly Quote: “Only later, when the Twitter chat is over, do I have the chance to reflect that I just experienced being trolled, in space, by the second man on the moon, while also engaging in a Twitter conversation with the president.”

24. “Only later, when the Twitter chat is over, do I have the chance to reflect that I just experienced being trolled, in space, by the second man on the moon, while also engaging in a Twitter conversation with the president.”

— Scott Kelly

Scott Kelly Quote: “What is it worth to see two former bitter enemies transform weapons into transport for exploration and the pursuit of scientific knowledge? What is it worth to see former enemy nations turn their warriors into crewmates and lifelong friends? This is impossible to put a dollar figure on, but to me it’s one of the things that makes this project worth the expense, even worth risking our lives.”

25. “What is it worth to see two former bitter enemies transform weapons into transport for exploration and the pursuit of scientific knowledge? What is it worth to see former enemy nations turn their warriors into crewmates and lifelong friends? This is impossible to put a dollar figure on, but to me it’s one of the things that makes this project worth the expense, even worth risking our lives.”

— Scott Kelly

Scott Kelly Quote: “The things we want to say to our loved ones before we might be about to die in a fireball above Kazakhstan are not the things we would want to say while the assembled press from a number of countries listen from rows of chairs and write down our every word.”

26. “The things we want to say to our loved ones before we might be about to die in a fireball above Kazakhstan are not the things we would want to say while the assembled press from a number of countries listen from rows of chairs and write down our every word.”

— Scott Kelly

Scott Kelly Quote: “As bad as your parents may be at their worst, they are the only parents you’ll ever have.”

27. “As bad as your parents may be at their worst, they are the only parents you’ll ever have.”

— Scott Kelly

Scott Kelly Quote: “Here, in a book, I found something I’d thought I would never find: an ambition.”

28. “Here, in a book, I found something I’d thought I would never find: an ambition.”

— Scott Kelly

Scott Kelly Quote: “Early in our two-week quarantine I go out to the banya to find a naked Misha beating on a naked Gennady with birch branches. The first time I saw this scene I was a bit taken aback, but once I experienced the banya myself, followed by a dip in a freezing cold pool of water and a homemade Russian beer, I completely understood the appeal.”

29. “Early in our two-week quarantine I go out to the banya to find a naked Misha beating on a naked Gennady with birch branches. The first time I saw this scene I was a bit taken aback, but once I experienced the banya myself, followed by a dip in a freezing cold pool of water and a homemade Russian beer, I completely understood the appeal.”

— Scott Kelly

Scott Kelly Quote: “I pay close attention to the primaries of both parties, and though I don’t tend to be a worrier, I start to worry. Sometimes before going to sleep I look out the windows of the Cupola at the planet below. What the hell is going on down there?”

30. “I pay close attention to the primaries of both parties, and though I don’t tend to be a worrier, I start to worry. Sometimes before going to sleep I look out the windows of the Cupola at the planet below. What the hell is going on down there?”

— Scott Kelly

Scott Kelly Quote: “The ISS is a remarkable achievement of technology and international cooperation. It has been inhabited nonstop since November 2, 2000; put another way, it has been more than fourteen years since all humans were on the Earth at once. It is by far the longest-inhabited structure in space and has been visited by more than two hundred people from sixteen nations. It’s the largest peacetime international project in history.”

31. “The ISS is a remarkable achievement of technology and international cooperation. It has been inhabited nonstop since November 2, 2000; put another way, it has been more than fourteen years since all humans were on the Earth at once. It is by far the longest-inhabited structure in space and has been visited by more than two hundred people from sixteen nations. It’s the largest peacetime international project in history.”

— Scott Kelly

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