The suit was so clumsy, being pressurized, it was impossible to get two hands comfortably on the handle and it's impossible to make any kind of a turn. It was kind of a one-handed chili-dip.

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.

I find that in life all you can do is try to be honest about who you are and how you're feeling, and trust that it will be received in the correct way.

It is through strength of technique that the body stays in possession of music.

Even the greatest actors have had dry spells where they've wondered if they were going to work again.

Sometimes you feel you have the truth of a moment in your hand, then it slips through your fingers and is lost.

Our biggest national security threat is the environmental destruction of our planet and the arms race with ourselves.

My first instrument was the drums. Not quite sure why I quit and changed to guitar, but I'm sure my parents might have convinced me that the guitar was way better.

I'm incapable of writing without social commentary. I like to think that it's integrated and not really heavy handedly didactic.

We expect the listener to have, like, a movie going on when they hear us. That's what it's all about for us.

I am a fancy dress grump, to be honest.

Working out is my biggest hobby. It's my Zen hour. I just zone out.