Of course, in our grade school, in those days, there were no organized sports at all. We just went out and ran around the school yard for recess.

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.

Dreams are what guide us, art is what defines us, math is what makes it all possible, and love is what lights our way.

In any situation, there is hope.

To love someone is to identify with them.

I was an original member of the Actors' Studio.

When I look at a painting it isn't only the painting I see but the thing that I am. If there is more in the painting that I am, then I won't see it.

Determination is kind of like rhythm: you can't teach it.

You might be a redneck if...the most serious loss from the earthquake was your Conway Twitty record collection.

Self-love for ever creeps out, like a snake, to sting anything which happens to stumble upon it.

Judging foods without regard to price is a rich mans game, and yet poor people can be gourmets able to discern a good potato from a bad one.

Seek the good in everyone, and reveal it, bring it forth.