To appropriately respond to an emergency requires a very clear mind, to cooly analyze what the observations are and how to fix it.

I think humans will reach Mars, and I would like to see it happen in my lifetime.

The biggest benefit of Apollo was the inspiration it gave to a growing generation to get into science and aerospace.

If we can conquer space, we can conquer childhood hunger.

No dream is too high for those with their eyes in the sky!

Exploration is wired into our brains. If we can see the horizon, we want to know what's beyond.

I still say, 'Shoot for the moon; you might get there.'

Knowledge of the past and an optimistic view of the present give you great opportunities.

Many say exploration is part of our destiny, but it's actually our duty to future generations and their quest to ensure the survival of the human species.

Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon. I am the first man to piss his pants on the moon.

There may be aliens in our Milky Way galaxy, and there are billions of other galaxies. The probability is almost certain that there is life somewhere in space.

In the end, the world always wins. That's just the way of things.

Accidents don't happen to people who take accidents as a personal insult.

It is dangerous to use our own ability to access non-traumatic memories as a standard against which we judge a trauma victim’s response.

From my experience with God, and what I read from his Holy Book. I sometimes think that he is more interested in our discomfort than in our comfort.

I like Los Angeles. So many artistic people, and I just love the weather.

The Russian dramatist is one who, walking through a cemetery, does not see the flowers on the graves. The American dramatist . . . Does not see the graves under the flowers.

Love is a garment riven in the light that rises from Parnassus, showing the night is over.

You don't have to be doing vocal acrobatics or singing all over the scale to have soul.

The Queen is the ultimate dictator.

The quality of our lives depends not on whether or not we have conflicts, but on how we respond to them.