I didnt go into the NASA program to pick up rocks or to go the moon or anything else. I went in there because I was a military officer, and that was the next notch in my profession.

There are people who make things happen, there are people who watch things happen, and there are people who wonder what happened. To be successful, you need to be a person who makes things happen.

Be thankful for problems. If they were less difficult, someone with less ability might have your job.

Houston, we've had a problem here.

You need to be a person who makes things happen.

The vast loneliness is awe-inspiring and it makes you realize just what you have back there on Earth.

I never thought I didn't have a card to play.

The real friends of the space voyager are the stars. Their friendly, familiar patterns are constant companions, unchanging, out there.

Please be informed, there is a Santa Claus.

The Earth from here is a grand oasis in the big vastness of space.

I was born a year after Lindbergh made his historic trip across the Atlantic. Boys like either dinosaurs or airplanes. I was very much an airplane boy.

I go everywhere by boat. I don't fly. It makes me feel really immobile but great.

Love is the white light of emotion.

Being popular is the most important thing in the world!

I believe in being compassionate.

Women bond differently, and I dont think men understand that.

My mission in life was to make sure that there were no women walking around who didn't know me personally.

No one can have everything, so you have to try for what you want most.

I know for one thing that alcohol will have no more part in my life.

Television deprives children of their imaginations.

When I go in and vote, I vote for the person I think will get the job done.I don't vote right-left.