[The Moon] was a sobering sight, but it didn't have the impact on me, at least, as the view of the Earth did.

A superior pilot uses his superior judgment to avoid situations which require the use of his superior skill.

The view of the Earth from the Moon fascinated me -- a small disk, 240,000 miles away. . . . Raging nationalistic interests, famines, wars, pestilence, don't show from that distance.

Exploration is really the essence of the human spirit.

The more we learn about the wonders of our universe, the more clearly we are going to perceive the hand of God.

And from the crew of Apollo 8, we close with good night, good luck, a Merry Christmas, and God bless all of you - all of you on the good Earth.

Capitalism without bankruptcy is like Christianity without hell.

It's a vast, lonely, forbidding expanse of nothing rather like clouds and clouds of pumice stone. And it certainly does not appear to be a very inviting place to live or work.

We have to earn our Wings every day.

There has always been a certain romanticism associated with the airline business. We must avoid its perpetuation at Eastern at all costs.

Astronauts: space activists.

Have your own convictions. Believe in the laws of your conscience because if you believe in everything, you become nothing. -RVM

You don’t have to be a miser, just be wiser with your money.

And she thought if you don't have the desire to fight or wait for something there's no reason for being on earth.

If you really have talent, you know, you'll go on writing - whatever people say to you.

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose-a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.

Design can have such a positive impact on the way people live and on their relationships and moods.

Genre stuff is the most exciting stuff for an actor to play. I get to try new things, do things I would have never got the chance to do.

The hardest thing in the world to play is something close to myself.

There's a responsibility in being a person. It's more than just taking up space where air would be.

Nothing is more idle than to inquire after happiness, which nature has kindly placed within our reach.