Al is on the surface. And it's been a long way, but we're here.

Obviously I was challenged by becoming a Naval aviator, by landing aboard aircraft carriers and so on.

It's a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one's safety factor was determined by the lowest bidder on a government contract.

When I first looked back at the Earth, standing on the Moon I cried

The fact that every part of this ship was built by the low bidder.

Why don't you light that candle ?

You may not have any extra talent, but maybe you are just paying more attention to what you are doing.

I just wanted to be the first one to fly for America, not because I'd end up in the pages of history books.

I didn't mind studying. Obviously math and the physical science subjects interested me more than some of the more artistic subjects, but I think I was a pretty good student.

Got more dirt than ball. Here we go again.

We're going to see passengers in space stations in 15 years, who will be able to buy a ticket and spend a weekend in space.

Life is like a boxing match, it seems, society has not been able to abolish human sadness, no political system can deliver us from the pain of living, from our fear of crime

I'm shy and can't for the life of me barge around and slap people on the back. I sit in a corner by myself and am tickled to death when someone comes over to talk to me

If it is ones lot to be cast among fools, one must learn foolishness.-The Count of Monte Cristo

What is man without the beasts? If all the beasts were gone, men would die from great loneliness of spirit

My wife and I are always concerned about how long it's going to take to eat out. You just don't know.

The whole point of constitutional democracy is the peaceful transfer of power; of Al Gore passing the baton to George W. Bush, even though that election was very suspiciously called.

Modernity has created more problems than it is capable of solving. Millions of people are now condemned to wait endlessly for their redemption through modernity.

[M]ental peace is not meditation. Meditation is the flight beyond the mind. It has nothing to do with mental peace.

When the scale of sensuality bears down that of reason, the baseness of our nature conducts us to most preposterous conclusions.

On health care, your freedom to choose your own doctor, without Obamacare.