Quotes by Test Pilots

Time Dreams. They are memories of the soul. They encompass all Time. They exist in the space of a dream.

I realized up there that our planet is not infinite. It's fragile. That may not be obvious to a lot of folks, and it's tough that people are fighting each other here on Earth instead of trying to get together and live on this planet. We look pretty vulnerable in the darkness of space.

There is no quality of human nature so nearly royal as the ability to yield gracefully.

The secret of my success is that I always managed to live to fly another day.

Whether you are an astronomer or a life scientist, geophysicist, or a pilot, you've got to be there because you believe you are good in your field, and you can contribute, not because you are going to get a lot of fame or whatever when you get back.

It is a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one's safety factor was determined by the lowest bidder on a government contract.

I think the sense of family and family achievement, plus the discipline which I received there from that one-room school were really very helpful in what I did later on.