I think we need someone in a responsible political position to have the courage to say, 'Let's terminate human spaceflight.'

Certainly one of the most enthralling things about human life is the recognition that we live in what, for practical purposes, is a universe without bounds.

Our family was very fond of the University of Iowa. We thought it was a good place to go.

I am never as clear about any matter as when I have finished writing about it.

These days, it's really been uninteresting except when disasters occur.

A man is a fabulous nuisance in space right now. He's not worth all the cost of putting him up there and keeping him comfortable and working.

I'm one of the most durable and fervent advocates of space exploration, but my take is that we could do it robotically at far less cost and far greater quantity and quality of results.

You can accomplish your goals by grace.

In the world there is, parallel to the force of death and constraint, an enormous force of persuasion that is called culture.

[E]ach person is to have an equal right to the most extensive basic liberty compatible with a similar liberty for others.

I'm an unemployed teacher right now and I'm looking for a place to teach.

Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.

Barbarians, we call them, while all the while we timidly cling to our Web like Visigoths crouching in the ruins of Rome's faded glory and proclaim ourselves civilized.

So I step into the future, as bravely as I'm able, with my heart longing for a time I'll never see again.

Im more keen on the person Im involved with showing me his commitment rather than going through a marriage to display commitment to the world.

I think it is very important for us to make clear to our children that our country really is great because we're good.

Every idea must have a visible enfolding.