“It’s a strange, eerie sensation to fly a lunar landing trajectory not difficult, but somewhat complex and unforgiving.”

I thought the attractions of being an astronaut were actually, not so much the Moon, but flying in a completely new medium.

I think we’re going to the moon because it’s in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It’s by the nature of his deep inner soul, we’re required to do these things just as salmon swim upstream.

This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.

We have no proof, But if we extrapolate, based on the best information we have available to us, we have to come to the conclusion that, other life probably exists out there and perhaps in many places.

Each book holds an experience and an adventure.

Every flying machine has its own unique characteristics, some good, some not so good.

There are places to go beyond belief.

The single observation I would offer for your consideration is that some things are beyond your control.

I am, and ever will be, a white-socks, pocket-protector, nerdy engineer.

In flying, the probability of survival is inversely proportional to the angle of arrival.

We had hundreds of thousands of people all dedicated to doing the perfect job, and I think they did about as well as anyone could ever have expected.

Society’s future will depend on a continuous improvement program for the human character. And what will that future bring? I do not know, but it will be exciting.

Science has not yet mastered prophecy. We predict too much for the next year and yet far too little for the next 10.

Knowledge is fundamental to all human achievements and progress.

NASA has been one of the most successful public investments in motivating students to do well and achieve all they can achieve.

Damn I really did it. I blew the first words on the moon, didn’t I?

Does anything show the complexity of the miraculous brain more than that weird curiosity, the sleep-protection dream?

What can seem like complex understanding is truly found in simplicity.

She was always falling in love with the complexities of the human heart.

Moral issues are always terribly complex for someone without principles.

You cannot communicate complicated information to large groups of people. As you increase the number of people, you have to decrease the complexity of the information.

Men will surrender to the spirit of the age. They will say that if they had lived in our day, faith would be simple and easy. But in their day, they will say, things are complex; the Church must be brought up to date and made meaningful to the day’s problems.

Free yourself from the complexities and drama of your life. Simplify. Look within. Within ourselves we all have the gifts and talents we need to fulfill the purpose we’ve been blessed with.

Unfortunately, the more complex the system, the greater the room for error.