Aviator Quotes

"In the field of creativity & art, to create is to take a leap of faith into the quiet canvas of your own imagination."

"Art is the expression of our deepest questions, painted in colors that words cannot reach. As a scientist & scholar, this is the foundational truth I have observed."

"Every act of creation begins with a willing heart and the courage to make a mistake."

"A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away."

"True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new."

"Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction."

"I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him; it is what he thinks of himself. To undermine a man's self-respect is a sin."

"I got this letter asking me if I wanted to or if I would consider going to experimental test pilot school and becoming the first Negro astronaut and I thought it was crazy."

"I was welding art from my house, making abstract figures out of metal."

"I went to white schools and I didn't know anything about black history."

"What people don't know is art was my deal and engineering was my sidebar."

"Regardless of what you feel about Obama and his politics - screw all that. The fact of the matter is, he was the first black guy to be the president of the United States. The history is still being made."

"There's always a fine line that divides hostility from neutrality, and I don't want to pass that line."

"From the time I was a little itty-bitty kid, I was going to the airport every day. I began to study all the airplanes, and I'd draw all the airplanes."

"I wanted to be on the cover of Life magazine."

"When we get out to other planets in the solar system, we'll use the gravitational pull of each planet to help launch us to the next."

"If we continue to develop our space program we can take solar energy and convert it to electrical energy by beaming it back to earth."

"I do hope to make a moon flight sometime."

"I'm a fighter, not a quitter. Look what I did to get into the space program."

"I'm fortunate to have viewed our Earth from the moon and that vision has convinced me that technology and commitment will conquer any challenge."

"If you're willing to work hard you can do whatever you want to do."

"I'm a shining example of what happens if you're willing to work hard."

"I'm no different than anyone else."

"Congress must recognize that free enterprise is the cornerstone of this nation's economy."

"I like to see the flag up flying proudly. When I'm in space I represent that flag."

"I worked after school and Saturdays to save money to take an hour of flying, even though I couldn't solo."

"I don't think I'm confirmed bachelor."

"I was going to school nights and it was so demanding of your time that social activities suffered."

"It's not easy to measure the effects of prayers."

"Where one component might do, two are used bcause rescue on a lunar mission would be next to impossible. After all, you're 250,000 miles from earth. It wouldn't be nearly so difficult while in earth orbit."