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Frank Borman Quotes

born 1928 United States

United States
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Capitalism without bankruptcy is like Christianity without hell.

Give us, O God, the vision which can see Your love in the world in spite of human failure.

Give us the knowledge that we may continue to pray with understanding hearts.
And show us what each one of us can do to set forward the coming of the day of universal peace.

A superior pilot uses his superior judgment to avoid situations which require the use of his superior skill.

This must be what God sees. I was absolutely awestruck, not so much at what we had accomplished but at what made the accomplishment possible.

Countdown: An Autobiography (1988)

Long before the moon mission, I had told NASA that Apollo 8 would be my last flight. It was a decision reached after a long talk with Susan, although the decision was strictly mine.

Countdown: An Autobiography (1988)

When you're finally up at the moon looking back on earth, all those differences and nationalistic traits are pretty well going to blend, and you're going to get a concept that maybe this really is one world and why the hell can't we learn to live together like decent people.

The Earth was the only thing in the world — in the universe — that had any color. Everything else was black and white but the earth was beautiful blue and white and brownish continents. That was the most impressive sight for me of the entire flight.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Frank Borman (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.