It was a texture. The blackness was so intense.

Roger, Tranquility. We copy you on the ground. You've got a bunch of guys about to turn blue. We're breathing again. Thanks a lot.

Roger, Tranquility. Be advised there are lots of smiling faces in this room and all over the world. Over.

Roger, we copy. It was beautiful from here, Tranquility. Over.

Roger. We've got you, we're go on that alarm.

We've been to the Moon nine times. Why would we fake it nine times, if we faked it?

I'm proud to be an American, I'll tell you. What a program and what a place and what an experience.

Two months after I got out of test pilot school, I saw an advert that said NASA was recruiting more astronauts. The best job you could have as a test pilot was being an astronaut, so I volunteered.

My walk on the moon lasted three days. My walk with God will last forever.

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive—to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love—then make that day count!

God is a mean-spirited, pugnacious bully bent on revenge against His children for failing to live up to his impossible standards.

Even when everything's going your way you can still be sad. Or anxious. Or uncomfortably numb. Because you can't always control your brain or your emotions even when things are perfect.

One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.

The need for values is inbred. Their content is not.

We all know funny people who can't get it down on the page - even funny writers who can't get it down on the page.

There are days where I've lost weight and I feel bigger or fatter or uglier and I want to just hibernate. I'll find every excuse not to exercise. I hate it.

Four sweet lips, two pure souls, and one undying affection, - these are love's pretty ingredients for a kiss.

Jealousy comes from self-love rather than from true love.

Apart from Love, which is not a human emotion, of all the rest my last words would best read: It's all for the experience.