“In future utopia will need to hurry to keep up with reality.”

“I'm convinced that before the year 2000 is over, the first child will have been born on the moon.”

“It [the rocket] will free man from his remaining chains, the chains of gravity which still tie him to this planet. It will open to him the gates of heaven.”

“The rocket worked perfectly except for landing on the wrong planet.”

“There is just one thing I can promise you about the outer-space program - your tax-dollar will go further.”

“Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.”

“Let us dream of tomorrow where we can truly love from the soul, and know love as the ultimate truth at the heart of all creation.”

“Pride be damned, we do what must be done to survive.”

“I'd love to do comedy. And I think I have a pretty good sense of comic thing, so I'd really like to try that.”