I suspect that even though the various questions are difficult and many, they are not as difficult and many as those we faced when we started the Apollo [space program] in 1961.

Research is creating new knowledge.

Good luck, Mr. Gorsky!

Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.

This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.

It's a great thing for a man to walk on the moon. But it's a greater thing for God to walk on the earth.

Well, I think we tried very hard not to be overconfident, because when you get overconfident, that's when something snaps up and bites you.

Geologists have a saying - rocks remember.

Shoot for the stars but if you happen to miss shoot for the moon instead.

You've got to expect things are going to go wrong. And we always need to prepare ourselves for handling the unexpected.

Ever since I was a little boy, I dreamed I would do something important in aviation.

To overcome fear is the quickest way to gain your self-confidence.

Each day I will accomplish one thing on my to do list.

I didn't arrive at my understanding of the fundamental laws of the universe through my rational mind.

As young as I look, I think it will still be funny if I played a person who's kind of tortured and hates his life. Kind of like a Larry David-type thing.

Carstairs is alright, I suppose. If you like that sort.” “Oh?” “The taken. The uninterested.” “As opposed to… you, Gabriel?” “Well, yes.

Genius, like truth, has a shabby and neglected mien.

Any time you put too many sparks around a powder keg, the thing is going to explode, and if the things that explodes is still inside the house, then the house will be destroyed.

Writing the opening lines of a story is a bit like starting to ski at the steepest part of a hill. You must have all your skills under control from the first instant.

Normal people with normal problems can be hilarious.

I feel very peaceful.