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

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

Give us, O God, the vision which can see Your love in the world in spite of human failure. Give us the faith to trust Your goodness in spite of our ignorance and weakness. Give us the knowledge that we may continue to pray with understanding hearts. And show us what each one of us can do to set forward the coming of the day of universal peace.

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

Capitalism without bankruptcy is like Christianity without hell.

When you're finally up on the moon, looking back at the earth, all these differences and nationalistic traits are pretty well going to blend and you're going to get a concept that maybe this is really one world and why the hell can't we learn to live together like decent people?

And from the crew of Apollo 8, we close with good night, good luck, a Merry Christmas, and God bless all of you - all of you on the good Earth.