Society’s future will depend on a continuous improvement program for the human character. And what will that future bring? I do not know, but it will be exciting.

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.

The senate is a place filled with goodwill and good intentions, and if the road to hell is paved with them, then it's a pretty good detour. Hubert Humphrey, as quoted by Biden, p. 134

There are demons within. And they're the deadliest kind.

Be kind and considerate with your criticism... It's just as hard to write a bad book as it is to write a good book.

... the best education is self-discipline with good principles through human university.

A truly moral nation enacts policies that encourage personal responsibility and discourage self-destructive behavior by not subsidizing people who live irresponsibly and make poor choices.

There are only two things a manager needs to know: When to change pitchers and how to get along with your players.

I run in Central Park as the sun comes up. Some may mistake it for walking, but I swear I am running. I could not do it without my iPod.

Often we ask ourselves to make absolute sense out of what just happens, and in this way, what we are practicing is suffering, which everybody practices, but strangely few of us grow graceful in.

Not an angel of the air, Bird melodious or bird fair, Be absent hence!

People accuse artists of being narcissists - of course we are! If we don't like ourselves, who's going to like us?