Kids today don't want to get married. Too many of their friends have been married and divorced already. They just don't believe in it

Each test pilot I know considers him, or herself, now that there are women, to be the very best. It's very demeaning to step down the ladder once in a while

I don't go along with going to Moon first to build a launch pad to go to Mars. We should go to Mars from Earth orbit. We have already been to the Moon; we've already practiced.

Kennedy had made a mess in Cuba at the Bay of Pigs. He had to do something to look good. The Apollo program of going to the Moon was quite a goal.

I left Earth three times and found no other place to go. Please take care of Spaceship Earth.

Levity is the lubricant of a crisis. We resort to jokes, pranks and good natured kidding to relieve tension, stress and boredom.

I've always thought space station is a great name. It should be like a gas station where we go for service and supplies before heading further out

A little levity is appropriate in a dangerous trade.

We spent a lot of time in simulators. We were going to do it right.

Apollo was a big, unwieldy vehicle. I had a problem with the flight controllers over that. It would try to fare its way like an airplane.

He who commands an Apollo flight will not command a second one

Great tragedy has come to us, and we are meeting it with the best that is in our country, with courage and concern for others because this is America. This is who we are.

My good health, coupled with joy of tobogganing and my desire to be the best, has helped me stay in professional sport for so long.

When we read dystopia, we root for these people to break free because we are these people; hoping and fighting against things that are bigger than ourselves.

Even the smallest victory is never to be taken for granted. Each victory must be applauded.

Having small touches of colour makes it more colourful than having the whole thing in colour.

I have always believed the iron rule of politics was that women don't vote for men who yell.

And, of course, the funniest food of all, kumquats.

The real democratic American idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with every other man, but that every man shall have liberty to be what God made him, without hindrance.

Human beings exercise responsibilities within a social setting and a framework of obligations which transcend the principle of intelligence.

I rely on music heavily, just in life and in my work.