I'd have given my right eye to be an astronaut.

I can cure your men of walking off the [flight] program. Let's put on the girls.

Earthbound souls know only the underside of the atmosphere in which they live . . . but go higher - above the dust and water vapor - and the sky turns dark until one can see the stars at noon.

I might have been born in a hovel, but I determined to travel with the wind and the stars.

I have found adventure in flying, in world travel, in business, and even close at hand... Adventure is a state of mind and spirit.

Capacity never lacks opportunity. It cannot remain undiscovered because it is sought by too many anxious to use it.

And to live without risk for me would have been tantamount to death.