Two months after I got out of test pilot school, I saw an advert that said NASA was recruiting more astronauts. The best job you could have as a test pilot was being an astronaut, so I volunteered.

Roger, Tranquility. We copy you on the ground. You've got a bunch of guys about to turn blue. We're breathing again. Thanks a lot.

Roger, Tranquility. Be advised there are lots of smiling faces in this room and all over the world. Over.

Roger, we copy. It was beautiful from here, Tranquility. Over.

Roger. We've got you, we're go on that alarm.

We've been to the Moon nine times. Why would we fake it nine times, if we faked it?

I'm proud to be an American, I'll tell you. What a program and what a place and what an experience.

It was a texture. The blackness was so intense.

My walk on the moon lasted three days. My walk with God will last forever.

You look at beauty because it is one of the few profound things that humans can do.

The main purpose of science is simplicity and as we understand more things, everything is becoming simpler.

Most budget airlines anywhere in the world are going to leave you dissatisfied after using them.

There are times when directors just don't know what they're doing.

The trade is so easy for me. It's so obvious what's happening when our companies are flocking out. I am going to fix our trade, I am going to bring jobs back to America.

I'm based in Atlanta so there weren't a lot of people to talk to about fashion because no one was really doing it on the scale that I wanted to do it. I had to do a lot of research on my own.

The great teachers are always those who can live the tension. They are not criticizing everybody, they're not complaining. They give young people a vision.

We go through transformations when we are dealing with this world (spirit world). Go out and find whatever makes your spirit at peace.

Challenges are meant to be met and overcome.

I realized I was tired of singing about trees and flowers. I wanted to sing about real life. From then on, nobody could tell me anything was better than blues.