I've always thought space station is a great name. It should be like a gas station where we go for service and supplies before heading further out

Each test pilot I know considers him, or herself, now that there are women, to be the very best. It's very demeaning to step down the ladder once in a while

I don't go along with going to Moon first to build a launch pad to go to Mars. We should go to Mars from Earth orbit. We have already been to the Moon; we've already practiced.

Kennedy had made a mess in Cuba at the Bay of Pigs. He had to do something to look good. The Apollo program of going to the Moon was quite a goal.

I left Earth three times and found no other place to go. Please take care of Spaceship Earth.

Levity is the lubricant of a crisis. We resort to jokes, pranks and good natured kidding to relieve tension, stress and boredom.

A little levity is appropriate in a dangerous trade.

We spent a lot of time in simulators. We were going to do it right.

Kids today don't want to get married. Too many of their friends have been married and divorced already. They just don't believe in it

Apollo was a big, unwieldy vehicle. I had a problem with the flight controllers over that. It would try to fare its way like an airplane.

He who commands an Apollo flight will not command a second one

How good is good enough, since you are only good for your selfishness.

The death of someone we know always reminds us that we are still alive - perhaps for some purpose which we ought to re-examine.

When you focus on being a blessing, God makes sure that you are always blessed in abundance.

Vaccines are extremely well tested; their safety is well understood. The false allegations about vaccines causing autism have been disproven. But there are still echoes out there confusing people.

I fell into shame like a suicide throws herself into a river. (253)

It is easier to develop the mind through meditation than it is just through athletic practice. If you put the two together, it will be unbelievable.

I think that’s what Toni Morrison and Alice Walker understand, the secret language of women. That it’s not a secret at all; men just don’t know how to listen.

Do not be distracted from what we face.

Donald Trump places great faith in his son-in-law Jared Kushner.

The victory of endurance born.