143 Quotes by John Glenn

The best space movie in my view is 'Apollo 13.' That's just the way it happened.

If you go to the Air and Space Museum in Washington, you can see the burn patterns on Friendship 7.

One of the first things I learned in the Marine Corps is that any military mission has to be defined as precisely as you can possibly define it, and then you size the force and equipment force to accomplish that mission without fail.

I was hooked on aviation, made model airplanes, and never thought I would be able to fly myself. It cost too much. But then World War II came along and changed all that.

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.

I say let's not gamble with American jobs and America's future.

In the old days, the Soviets were using space as a selling point for communism.

I wouldn't oppose a women's astronaut training program; I just see no requirement for it.