Knowledge of the past and an optimistic view of the present give you great opportunities.

I wrote 'Reaching for the Moon' because I wanted to tell kids that all of us have a moon, a dream, that we can strive for. Even if you don't attain it, you can at least reach for it.

We must still think of ourselves as pioneers to understand the importance of space.

I was saddened to learn of the passing of Leonard Nimoy, a fellow space traveler because he helped make the journey into the final frontier accessible to us all.... Indeed, there are strange new worlds to explore -- to seek out new life and start new civilizations. It is time to boldly go where no man -- or woman -- has gone before. Thanks to Leonard Nimoy and his beloved Mr. Spock, the bar has been set high for us to continue humanity's quest to probe outward in the universe.

No dream is too high for those with their eyes in the sky!

Look at what Silicon Valley has done - the advance of computers.

I don't believe any pair of people had been more removed physically from the rest of the world than we were.