The Astronaut Farmer

When I was a kid, they used to tell me that I could be anything I wanted to be. No matter what. And maybe I am insane, I don't know, but I still believe that. I believe it with all my heart. Somewhere along the line we stopped believing that we could do anything. And if we don't have our dreams, we have nothing.

You know, when you're a kid, you wanna be just like your dad. Then when you're a teenager... you don't wanna have anything to do with him. Then when you grow up, you end up just like him. My dad showed me one thing when he died. He wasn't dying, he was giving up. No matter what happens to me today, my children will see that I didn't give up. And I can die knowing that.

You better know what you wanna do before somebody knows it for you.

— Can I give you some advice?
— I have no money to pay for that advice, Arnie.

I apologize, Ms. Graham, but you're teaching him how to read history... and I'm gonna show him how to make it.

Listen, my daddy never told me that he loved me. And, you know, I'm pretty sure that your daddy never did either. The resentment that you feel towards your parents...is not going to fuel your rocket.