"For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love."

"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence."

"If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe."

"Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality."

"The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention."

"I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see."

"You haven't partied until you've partied at dawn in complete silence with Buddhist monks."

"When things are meant to come together, they come together."

"Everything's a risk, by the way, these days. Every film you make is a risk. There's no guarantee."

"The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it."

"In the story shoes are just a metaphor for what these girls go through...the grass is always greener and everyone always wants to be in somebody else's shoes; they don't want to be in their own."

"There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it."

"There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave."

"If you want to gather honey, don't kick over the beehive."

"The truth has no temperature."

"Don't you know that when you sleep with someone, your body makes a promise whether you do or not."

"As someone who flew two space capsules and twice landed in the ocean, I can attest from personal experience how much logistics work is needed to get you home."

"A mind concerned about danger is a clouded mind. It's paralyzing."

"Is the destiny of the human species to sit back and play with our mouse and computer and imagine, fantasize?"

"I'm in favor of changing the destination of humans. There are a lot of manned missions that can be done, but not in the direction of the moon."

"Kids, help your parents if they don't know how to use a smartphone."

"I am Buzz Lightyear!"

"Space tourism is a logical outgrowth of the adventure tourist market."

"I grew up in New Jersey and never went up the Statue of Liberty."