Quotes from John Glenn

It's something to see a satellite being launched from another satellite.

If people like Edison had waited to make every - or Ben Franklin or some of those people had waited to solve every problem on Earth before they did their research or before they were curious about doing something new, we'd never have made a lot of the progress we have.

I don't know what you could say about a day in which you have seen four beautiful sunsets.

I liked flying, when I got into it, loved it. And I found I was very good at it. I'm not modest about the fact that I was a good pilot.

I supported the efforts in Honduras to stop the flow of arms from Nicaragua across to El Salvador.

We have an infinite amount to learn both from nature and from each other.

I am a stranger. I come in peace. Take me to your leader and there will be a massive reward for you in eternity.

As I hurtled through space, one thought kept crossing my mind - every part of this rocket was supplied by the lowest bidder.

I do not have to watch late-night television, watch a movie, to find out what combat is like.

I've seen John Wayne's 'True Grit' about 10 times.

I have no political affiliations and have always and do now consider myself an independent.

The political graveyards are full of people who don't respond.

People keep talking about how we have to go to Mars. We may want to go to Mars sometime.

Everywhere that Americans spread off the Eastern seaboard, heading west across this country, they put up the schoolhouse first, hired a schoolteacher, and put all the kids in school.

You can always say that it was scarce dollars when Lewis and Clark wanted to go to the West Coast and explore the West. And people complained about it, I understand, from a reading of the history books.

I pray every day and think everybody should.

Those old westerns are the movies I grew up with on Saturday afternoons at the theater.

The Discovery was the most intricate, complex machine man has ever built. It's a testament to our time.

I've never let people push me around in politics.

This is a day we have managed to avoid for a quarter of a century.

The most important thing we can do is inspire young minds and to advance the kind of science, math and technology education that will help youngsters take us to the next phase of space travel.

I'm not interested in my legacy. I made up a word: 'live-acy.' I'm more interested in living.

As far as trying to analyze all the attention I received, I will leave that to others.

Quite often, while I'm getting up in the morning, I think my warranty is running out on these body parts because it's not working quite the way it used to.