Buzz Aldrin Quotes

I'm older and wiser, but I still dream of doing new things and creating new things.

People go out; they take risk; they find a way to develop resources that were previously not accessible, not available because of technological reasons.

As humans, we've always innovated our way out of problems, whether it was the first torch to light a dark cave or the steam engine that sparked a revolution.

I want to do something major. I want to continue to push the limits into new things, like media.

It's not good enough for us to have generations of kids that... look forward to a better version of a cell phone with a video in it. They need to look forward to exploration.

There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven't yet done.

Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination.

Before this country came on the scene, for thousands of years people did things the same way. Within 200 years of the advent of this nation, men were walking on the moon, and I want us to recognize this is the kind of people that we are. We're creative with a lot of ingenuity and a lot of energy.

The best museums and museum exhibits about science or technology give you the feeling that, hey, this is interesting, but maybe I could do something here, too.

You see things; and you say 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?'

Imagination has brought mankind through the dark ages to its present state of civilization. Imagination led Columbus to discover America. Imagination led Franklin to discover electricity.

Don't accept what's out there because that is all that's out there. Look for the new and unusual. Seek out what you genuinely want to read and don't settle.

Some men see things as they are and say “Why?” I dream things that never were and say, “Why not?”

Exploration is the engine that drives innovation. Innovation drives economic growth.

I have to continue to grow and take it to another level so the next generation has something to follow.

For me, I love to dream big, and I love to find ways to be a bit of an explorer.

My company motto is 'Inspire the world to try.'

What we do at NASA is inspiring. It's reaching, it's visionary, and it inspires people on Earth to try hard things.

Aren't we all dreamers? It's only because man dreamt of flying that we are travelling in planes. Behind all inventions, we see the dreams of people.

The way to solve problems in the world is to become scientists and technologists and build things that haven't been built before and discover things that people really don't know about.

We are a country of Newton, Hodgson, and Turing. Ours is a country of ideas, invention and discovery and is truly a national history.

I try to carve my own way so the actors who come after me will say, "I want to do it like Columbus did it."

Play on the frontiers of technology. Be ahead of the tomorrows.

I tell young people to reach for the stars. And I can't think of a greater high than you could possibly get than by inventing something.

I go to class every day with the future Facebook and Twitter and Google employees, the future innovators and entrepreneurs who might have the next big thing. Knowing that and seeing their success and work ethic makes you want to be successful. It impresses me every day. It humbles me, too.