Notable and Quotable

“We hope and pray for our son’s safe return to his comrades and then to our family, and we appreciate all the support and expressions of sympathy shown to us ....”

Bob Bergdahl

Statement from the father of captured soldier Pfc. Bowe R. Bergdahl.

“Sometimes I think I flew to the wrong place. Mars was always my favorite as a kid and it still is today. I’d like to see Mars become the focus, just as John F. Kennedy focused on the moon.”

Michael Collins

Apollo 11 command module pilot, speaking at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum. Monday was the 40th anniversary of man’s first landing on the moon.