Yeah, I wasn't chosen to be first. I was just chosen to command that flight. Circumstance put me in that particular role. That wasn't planned by anyone.

Research is creating new knowledge.

Good luck, Mr. Gorsky!

Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.

This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.

It's a great thing for a man to walk on the moon. But it's a greater thing for God to walk on the earth.

Well, I think we tried very hard not to be overconfident, because when you get overconfident, that's when something snaps up and bites you.

Geologists have a saying - rocks remember.

Shoot for the stars but if you happen to miss shoot for the moon instead.

You've got to expect things are going to go wrong. And we always need to prepare ourselves for handling the unexpected.

Ever since I was a little boy, I dreamed I would do something important in aviation.

Education has all the vowels in English. Unquestionably, it is not the only word.

These words you want to remember: if you do not learn to control the power within you, it will consume more than just your enemy.

We really need to find a cure for stupidity, and fast! I've heard it's contagious...No wonder why there's so many of them.

Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.

-Do you think it's dirty money? -All money is dirty. If it were clean nobody would want it.

Anything you can do in excess for the wrong reasons is exciting to me.

Sweetheart," Bill said formally, "I have always loved you, and I will be proud to die in your service. When I'm gone, say a prayer for me in a real church.

Snobbery, being an aspiring failing, is sometimes the prophecy of better things.

I've loved music always, and my music fire was lit by Elvis Presley, really, and all that was happening back then.

There’s always an article coming out, saying, ‘The new thing is funny women!’