For me, the idea of a creation is not conceivable without invoking the necessity of design. One cannot be exposed to the law and order of the universe without concluding that there must be design and purpose behind it all.

It takes sixty-five thousand errors before you are qualified to make a rocket.

My friends they were dancing here in the streets of Huntsville when our first satellite orbited the Earth. They were dancing again when the first Americans landed on the Moon. I'd like to ask you, don't hang up your dancing slippers.

In 1492 Columbus knew less about the far Atlantic than we do about the heavens, yet he chose not to sail with a flotilla of less than three ships. . . . So it is with interplanetary exploration: it must be done on the grand scale.

Basic research is what I am doing when I don't know what I am doing.

Conquering the universe one has to solve two problems: gravity and red tape. We could have mastered gravity.

My experiences with science led me to God. They challenge science to prove the existence of God. But must we really light a candle to see the sun?