Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon. I am the first man to piss his pants on the moon.

I think the American Dream used to be achieving one's goals in your field of choice-and from that all other things would follow. Now, I think the dream has morphed into the pursuit of money: Accumulate enough of it, and the rest will follow. We've become more materialistic. For balance, I think we need to get back to idealism and patriotism, but also be realistic with our monetary goals.

My sister called me "Buzzard" when I was a baby - she couldn't say "Brother" so I've been Buzz my whole life.

During the divorce process, I lived alone and tended to get extremely down on myself.

Exploration is wired into our brains. If we can see the horizon, we want to know what's beyond.

Do we really need these big, gigantic, heavy rockets? What if we launch a rocket that's empty, and its sole purpose is to act as a source of fuel on the Moon? Who should build that? Well, I think the U.S. should build that.

Mars is there, waiting to be reached.