A lot of people ask...why a man is willing to risk... Well, we've got to do it. We're going into an age of exploration that will be bigger than anyth….

If there is one thing I’ve learned in my years on this planet, it’s that the happiest and most fulfilled people I’ve known are those who devoted them….

Just because I'm 77 doesn't mean I don't have a dream..

America is in a newly competitive position around the world, and unless we keep our lead in education for all of our people and do the research along….

You know, old folks can have dreams, too, as well as young folks, and then work toward them. And to have a dream like this come true for me is just a….

I was sold on flying as soon as I had a taste for it..

Zero G and I feel fine..

I don't know what you could say about a day in which you have seen four beautiful sunsets..

This is a day we have managed to avoid for a quarter of a century. We've talked about it before and speculated about it, and it finally has occurred.….

America needs the best education system in the world. We have it in higher education. We do not have it in general education for all of our people - ….

By its very definition, civic responsibility means taking a healthy role in the life of one's community. That means that classroom lessons should be ….

The moment of twilight is simply beautiful..

I suppose the one quality in an astronaut more powerful than any other is curiosity. They have to get some place nobody's ever been..

As I hurtled through space, one thought kept crossing my mind - every part of this rocket was supplied by the lowest bidder..

When others kid me about being bald, I simply tell them that the way I figure it, the good Lord only gave men so many hormones, and if others want to….

There are times when you devote yourself to a higher cause than personal safety..

The most important thing we can do is inspire young minds and to advance the kind of science, math and technology education that will help youngsters….

We have an infinite amount to learn both from nature and from each other..

I think a mentor gets a lot of satisfaction in a couple of ways. They're doing something constructive, so they feel good about that. And when they se….

To sit back and let fate play its hand out and never influence it is not the way man was meant to operate..

There is still no cure for the common birthday..