When you're in a spacecraft, you need to know what things you can touch and what things you shouldn't touch!

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.

Madame, all stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true-story teller who would keep that from you.

Truly, these times of ignorance God overlook, but now he commanded all men everywhere to repent." Acts 17: 30

I know you’re scared, Letti, but sweetheart…you haven’t seen anything yet. You’ve not known true fear...

It's true that everything happens for a reason, but it is always our responsibility to choose the reasons.

One of the ideals [Margaret Thatcher] grew up with was self-denial and postponement of gratification, and yet she went about to create a greedy, short-term society. It is a paradox.

If Im brave, 99% of it comes from my mother.

Kathy Shelton was a private citizen whose life was destroyed.

I'll give you the whole secret to short story writing. Here it is. Rule 1: Write stories that please yourself. There is no Rule 2.

Gouverneur Morris had often told me that General Washington believed no more of that system (Christianity) than did he himself.

Crime and violence are the easiest emotions to reenact.