Any administration foolish enough to call ketchup a vegetable cannot be expected to cut the mustard. John Glenn More Quotes by John Glenn More Quotes From John Glenn I spent 23 years in the military. I think I'm in a good position to make those judgments on what is necessary in the military and what is not necessary, without buying a lot of things that would not really add to our security. John Glenn thingsgoodthinksecurity The space station is the most unique laboratory we've ever built. The reason we have it is to do research on materials, people, medical matters, pharmaceuticals - the possibilities are nearly endless. John Glenn medicalspaceresearchpeople I think even in bad times it's good to keep some money going into research. And that's the purpose of the whole space program. It's not just exploration and going to see how far we can go out into space and keep people alive and bring them back, although exploration certainly has its place. John Glenn goodmoneyresearchpeople I was hooked on aviation, made model airplanes, and never thought I would be able to fly myself. It cost too much. But then World War II came along and changed all that. John Glenn flymyselfwarworld You can always say that it was scarce dollars when Lewis and Clark wanted to go to the West Coast and explore the West. And people complained about it, I understand, from a reading of the history books. John Glenn youreadinghistorypeople When the new becomes commonplace, people become accustomed to it. That's a tribute to our sense of adventure. John Glenn becomenewadventurepeople Fear connotes something that interferes with what you're doing. John Glenn somethingdoingyoufear I supported the efforts in Honduras to stop the flow of arms from Nicaragua across to El Salvador. John Glenn stopnicaraguaarmsflow Quite often, while I'm getting up in the morning, I think my warranty is running out on these body parts because it's not working quite the way it used to. John Glenn thinkbodymorningway People keep talking about how we have to go to Mars. We may want to go to Mars sometime. John Glenn gowanttalkingpeople An end of something means the beginning of something else, and I don't think that something else is going to be the death of the manned space program. John Glenn beginningthinkspacedeath I can't say I've ever had a dream about space or that I ponder it all the time. John Glenn sayspacedreamtime The time will come when we permit more people in space. John Glenn willspacetimepeople To me, we have never really exploited our ability in low-Earth orbit. John Glenn reallynevermeability I've seen John Wayne's 'True Grit' about 10 times. John Glenn trueseenaboutgrit
