To become an astronaut, someone has to have a dream of his own to do something that he or she has always wanted to do, then commit himself to making that dream come true.

Here I am at the turn of the millennium and I'm still the last man to have walked on the moon, somewhat disappointing. It says more about what we have not done than about what we have done.

Am I willing to go to Mars? Yes, but I'm not willing to spend nine months getting there, then wait 18 more months until the planets align to come home.

I think America has a responsibility to maintain its leadership in technology and its moral leadership in the world, to explore, to seek knowledge.

Today, we are on a path of decay. We are seeing the book close on five decades of accomplishment as the leader in human space exploration.

We found out the Gemini spacesuit was, well, oxygen was flowing to keep me cool as well as to breathe, and it wasn't good enough. My visor got fogged.

People have been telling so many lies. At the end you won't believe the simple truth.

Despair and disappointment are the parent of countless inspired, inspiring, triumphant creations

To be diligent means to be serious and devoted to the work of God

Let us be separated by wars and pestilence, death, madness but not by the passing of time.

We must have Christ in our hearts, that He may shine forth from our lives.

You know a great many things in dreams, often despite the evidence of your eyes. You just know them.

An action comitted in anger is an action doomed to failure.

I had the wonderful benefit of growing up with parents that not only encouraged me to follow my dreams, but supported my aspirations through school and beyond.

Truth is Mormonism. God is the author of it.

I am ten different kinds of badass now! [Alucard Hellsing]