410 Quotes by Buzz Aldrin

Sending a couple of guys to the Moon and bringing them back safely? That's a stunt! That's not historic.

Upon stepping foot on the moon, Buzz remarked to Houston, 'Beautiful, beautiful. Magnificent desolation.'

Some things just can't be described. And stepping onto the moon was one of them.

why can't the average citizen? That's what I've been promoting in the last several years.

I still say, ‘Shoot for the moon; you might get there.’

I really hate to be put in the position of trying to justify something, a decision that was made. I’m a military guy: when a decision is made, I go along with it, whatever the manufactured controversy and criticism.

I wrote ‘Reaching for the Moon’ because I wanted to tell kids that all of us have a moon, a dream, that we can strive for. Even if you don’t attain it, you can at least reach for it.

The view from space is like having a globe on your desk – it’s a broadening experience.

I inherited depression from my mother’s side of the family. Her father committed suicide. She committed suicide the year before I went to the moon.