[the Mercury Seven walk through the space center after the response to Yuri Gagarin's space shot] John Glenn: I'm tired of being forthright, gracious and magnanimous. Gordon Cooper: Yeah. John Glenn: I'm tired of these stupid questions from the press...
[Alan Shepard climbs into Freedom 7 to find a placard taped to the instrument panel reading "No Handball Playing In This Area". John Glenn looks in and smiles] Alan Shepard: [hands placard out to Glenn] Not very funny, John. John Glenn: Well, I thoug...
Glenn Gould was my hero. Glenn Gould was my idol. I loved him.
John Glenn: Annie, listen to me, OK? You listening? If you don't want the Vice President or the TV networks or anybody else to come into the house, then that's it, as far as I'm concerned. They are NOT coming in, and I will back you all the way, a hu...
Gordon Cooper: [during the lung capacity test] Ha! 93 seconds. Read it and weep [notices Glenn and Carpenter are still exhaling] John Glenn: [Glenn has run out of breath well past Gordo's time] Congratulations, Scott. Darn good. Scott Carpenter: [sha...
John Glenn's father, known as Herschel, was mostly deaf from injuries in World War I. To help out at home, young Glenn sold rhubarb all over town from the family garden.
I don't want to be in the Jerry Sandusky business.
The government never does anything successfully.
Good sports facilities are a blessing.
I had to do something for the country.
We depend on computers when we ourselves haven't mastered the principles behind what we are asking computers to design. Glenn Murcutt - A Singular Architectural Practice page 16
Glenn could see I was bricking it and turned round to me as I sat there, gripping the armrests. "You all right?" he said. "I hate flying, Boss. I'm shitting myself." "Don't worry, Merse. It's going to be OK. We *won't* crash." I thought, "Thank God f...
The corporations don't have to lobby the government anymore. They are the government.
The first money I have been offered was as District Officer Ba.
I enjoy snorkelling, water sports and paragliding.
If 'pro' is the opposite of 'con' what is the opposite of 'progress'?
You have to change the set, stay ahead of the curve.
What do folk always say about Arsenal? They can pass you to death.
The idea of equal rights was in the air.
I don't do politics. I just like to laugh.
The flakier your mission, the fiercer you have to be on the business side.
