“Shoot for the stars but if you happen to miss shoot for the moon instead.”

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?

It’s different, but it’s very pretty out here. I suppose they are going to make a big deal of all this.

It never hurts to have friends around, so that’s why you’d form a crew.

The one thing I regret was that my work required an enormous amount of my time, and a lot of travel.

Start at the end and work back.

Fear is not an unknown emotion to us.

I hope you become comfortable with the use of logic without being deceived into concluding that logic will inevitably lead you to the correct conclusion.

Figure out how to build a brand and stick by it so people know what to expect.

I never really said I want to be a role model. But then when it happened I was so down for it.

If the cause is advanced, indifferent is it to me where or in what quarter it happens.

What is done cannot be undone, but one can prevent it happening again.

One of the best things that ever happened to me is that I’m a woman. That is the way all females should feel.

Funny things tend not to happen to me. I am not a natural comic. I need to think about things a lot before I can be even remotely amusing.

It’s OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket.

Nothing in this world happens by chance.

No experience is wasted. Everything in life is happening to grow you up, to fill you up, to help you become more of who you were created to be.