Armstrong described the lunar surface as 'beautiful.' I thought to myself, 'It's not really beautiful. It's magnificent that we're here, but what a desolate place we are visiting.'

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.

My point is that love is the most powerful motivator in the world. It spurs mortals to greatness. Their noblest, bravest acts are done for love.

The people I've known who wanted to become writers, knowing what it meant, did become writers.

The soul can do without everything except the word of God, without which none at all of its wants are provided for.

My mother was an elementary school teacher for 35 years and taught at the Nixon School in New Jersey. I was raised as a very liberal Democrat, and she was protesting Nixon when he was in office.

I do have to travel a lot for speaking engagements.

Time goes by so fast and worry is really wasted time and energy.

Everyone is entitled to a home where the sun, the stars, open fields, giant trees, and smiling flowers are free to teach an undisturbed lesson of life.

The talking oak To the ancient spoke. But any tree Will talk to me.

Leadership is like parenting.

There is an enduring tenderness in the love of a mother to a son that trancends all other affections of the heart