“I can honestly say – and it’s a big surprise to me – that I have never had a dream about being on the moon.”

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?

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.

I always wanted to be a hairdresser.

Just Remember: The people that say, “your dreams are impossible ” have already quit on theirs.

Dropping the news to my parents that I was skipping my ‘dream education’ at Chalmers to sit at home recording videos while playing video games was not easy.

To be the first to enter the cosmos, to engage, single-handed, in an unprecedented duel with nature-could one dream of anything more?

When we began Starbucks, what I wanted to try to do was to create a set of values, guiding principles, and culture.

And despite it all, we dream. That is our greatest resistance.

Every dream deserves a chance to live.

When I was seven I wanted to be a footballer, but when I was 14, I wanted to be a model. Look where it’s put me now!