"For my confirmation, I didn't get a watch and my first pair of long pants, like most Lutheran boys. I got a telescope. My mother thought it would make the best gift."

"It will free man from the remaining chains, the chains of gravity which still tie him to this planet."

"Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing."

"It's surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing that their feelings toward other people are largely determined by their feelings toward themselves, and if you're not comfortable within yourself, you can't be comfortable with others."

"Never let your ego get so close to your position that when your position goes, your ego goes with it."

"Wisdom principle 71 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 80."

"So far, 44 States, or 88 percent of the States, have enacted laws providing that marriage shall consist of a union between a man and a woman. Only 75 percent of the States are required to approve a constitutional amendment."