The view of the Earth from the Moon fascinated me -- a small disk, 240,000 miles away. . . . Raging nationalistic interests, famines, wars, pestilence, don't show from that distance.

A superior pilot uses his superior judgment to avoid situations which require the use of his superior skill.

There has always been a certain romanticism associated with the airline business. We must avoid its perpetuation at Eastern at all costs.

[The Moon] was a sobering sight, but it didn't have the impact on me, at least, as the view of the Earth did.

Astronauts: space activists.

The view of the Earth from the Moon fascinated me -- a small disk, 240,000 miles away. . . . Raging nationalistic interests, famines, wars, pestilence, don't show from that distance.

We have to earn our Wings every day.