Buzz Aldrin quotes

Buzz Aldrin is an American astronaut, engineer, and former fighter pilot, best known as the second person to walk on the Moon. His historic Apollo 11 mission in 1969 marked a turning point in space exploration. He continues to advocate for space travel and exploration. Here are 181 of his quotes:

Don't waste the Earth - It is our Jewel!

Buzz Aldrin

Magnificent desolation.

Buzz Aldrin

I've led a life of such structured discipline and always had a goal in mind of knowing what I was doing, from West Point to the Air Force combat, MIT, looking for new things to study and get involved in. And then I got into the space program, and how disciplined can you get?

Buzz Aldrin

By refocusing our space program on Mars for America's future, we can restore the sense of wonder and adventure in space exploration that we knew in the summer of 1969. We won the moon race; now it's time for us to live and work on Mars, first on its moons and then on its surface.

Buzz Aldrin

But failure is not a sign of weakness. It is a sign that you are alive and growing.

Buzz Aldrin

Exploration is wired into our brains. If we can see the horizon, we want to know what's beyond.

Buzz Aldrin

I think humans will reach Mars, and I would like to see it happen in my lifetime.

Buzz Aldrin

If we can conquer space, we can conquer childhood hunger.

Buzz Aldrin

I still say, 'Shoot for the moon; you might get there.'

Buzz Aldrin

You are not going to change the minds of people who are looking for attention.

Buzz Aldrin

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

Buzz Aldrin

Some things just can't be described. And stepping onto the moon was one of them.

Buzz Aldrin

The biggest benefit of Apollo was the inspiration it gave to a growing generation to get into science and aerospace.

Buzz Aldrin

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

Buzz Aldrin

Sending a couple of guys to the Moon and bringing them back safely? That's a stunt! That's not historic.

Buzz Aldrin

To me, money is a commodity that a person must have to function, not a goal in itself.

Buzz Aldrin

The first footfalls on Mars will mark a historic milestone, an enterprise that requires human tenacity matched with technology to anchor ourselves on another world.

Buzz Aldrin

We can continue to try and clean up the gutters all over the world and spend all of our resources looking at just the dirty spots and trying to make them clean. Or we can lift our eyes up and look into the skies and move forward in an evolutionary way.

Buzz Aldrin

Mars is there, waiting to be reached.

Buzz Aldrin

Mars has been flown by, orbited, smacked into, radar examined, and rocketed onto, as well as bounced upon, rolled over, shoveled, drilled into, baked and even blasted. Still to come: Mars being stepped on.

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The pilgrims on the Mayflower landed at Plymouth Rock. To my knowledge, they didn't wait around for a return trip to Europe. You settle some place with a purpose. If you don't want to do that, stay home. You avoid an awful lot of risks by not venturing outward.

Buzz Aldrin

My favourite thing to do on this planet is to scuba dive.

Buzz Aldrin