Being first outside the spacecraft would bring much more responsibility, and I really wasn't looking for that.

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.

Simplify your life. You don't grow spiritual, you shrink spiritual.

Strength is the capacity to break a Hershey bar into four pieces with your bare hands - and then eat just one of the pieces.

Who do you think's after you, Shane, my lad? Or is it just the dark you're afeared of?

Remember that your attitude towards life determines life’s attitude toward you. At any moment, you can choose to change everything for the better.

Your leadership development strategy is perfectly designed to produce the caliber of leader you currently have.

I just got diagnosed with tendonitis which is such an insulting diagnosis. Just point to my shoulder and say "old."

I don't get to the global issues or anything like that. I am just trying to be silly.

She sensed it, saw my eyes wet with tears, and only then must have discovered I was no longer the man I had been, and I endured her glance with a courage I never thought I had.

If we look at the black record of mass murder, exploitation, and tyranny levied on society by governments over the ages, we need not be loath to abandon the Leviathan State and . . . try freedom.

The thing about Dirk [Gently] is that he's very lonely.