Frank Borman

“When you’re finally up on the moon, looking back at the earth, all these differences and nationalistic traits are pretty trivial.”

“A good landing is one you can walk away from. A great landing is one where you can use the airplane again.”

“We came all this way to explore the Moon, and the most important thing is that we discovered the Earth.”

“I had an enormous faith in the equipment, in the people, in the technology that went into the creation of the spacecraft and the mission.”

“From the crew of Apollo 8, we close with good night, good luck, a Merry Christmas – and God bless all of you, all of you on the good Earth.”

“The view of the Earth from the Moon fascinated me—a small disk, 240,000 miles away. It was hard to think that that little thing held so many problems, so many frustrations.”

“I think the one thing that I remember the most was that this Earth is a precious, precious thing and that we have to do everything we can to preserve it.”

“It was the most beautiful, heart-catching sight of my life, one that sent a torrent of nostalgia, of sheer homesickness, surging through me.”

“Capitalism without bankruptcy is like Christianity without hell.”

“I was not chosen to be first. I was just chosen to command that flight. Circumstance put me in that particular role. That wasn't my goal.”

“Exploring the moon was a magnificent mission.”