143 Quotes by John Glenn

Any administration foolish enough to call ketchup a vegetable cannot be expected to cut the mustard.

As far as entertainment, 'The Right Stuff' is a good movie. As far as a documentary of the early space days, which they purported it to be, it is not at all.

I think even in bad times it's good to keep some money going into research. And that's the purpose of the whole space program. It's not just exploration and going to see how far we can go out into space and keep people alive and bring them back, although exploration certainly has its place.

When the new becomes commonplace, people become accustomed to it. That's a tribute to our sense of adventure.

In orbit, you're keyed up and aware of everything going on, every little noise, anything that may have special meaning because of where you are.

Old folks have dreams and ambitions too, like everybody else. Don't sit on a couch someplace.

The space station is the most unique laboratory we've ever built. The reason we have it is to do research on materials, people, medical matters, pharmaceuticals - the possibilities are nearly endless.

I spent 23 years in the military. I think I'm in a good position to make those judgments on what is necessary in the military and what is not necessary, without buying a lot of things that would not really add to our security.

Probably, had World War II not come along and intervened, I would have tried to be a doctor. My son's a doctor, and I still take some medical journals to this day.