We have laid the foundation for a better life. Things that were unimaginable a few years ago have become everyday reality. I belong to the generation of leaders for whom the achievement of democracy was the defining challenge.
Good luck, Mr. Gorsky!
This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.
It's a great thing for a man to walk on the moon. But it's a greater thing for God to walk on the earth.
Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.
Shoot for the stars but if you happen to miss shoot for the moon instead.
It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.
My dear Watson," said [Sherlock Holmes], "I cannot agree with those who rank modesty among the virtues. To the logician all things should be seen exactly as they are, and to underestimate one's self is as much a departure from truth as to exaggerate one's own powers.
I write in praise of the solitary act: of not feeling a trespassing tongue forced into one's mouth, one's breath smothered, nipples crushed against the ribcage, and that metallic tingling in the chin set off by a certain odd nerve: unpleasure.
The poem of the understanding is philosophy.
The horse would plough, the ox would drive the car. No; do the work you know, and tarry where you are.