And, so I set my goals on astronaut because, as a military aviator, it was, I considered that to be about the peak of a flying career.

You know, Scooter's going to do the first separation burn; I'm going to do the second separation burn.

Well, for me it really wasn't a case of deciding to be an astronaut.

And, obviously as a, as one who likes to travel around myself a lot, I think the Earth is a beautiful place. And, I'm looking forward to some new perspectives.

That's what Hubble can do for us. It can tell us whether the universe is expanding forever or if one day it's going to come back together.

So, I decided that whatever I was, wanted to do with my life, it would have to do, it would have to have something to do with the exploration and doing new things.

I worked for some very good people who have helped me along the way and actually enabled me to have the opportunity to be selected to join the Astronaut Corps.

I'm looking forward to coming back, back to Earth, the landing, the views.

Those folks out in the space suits are going to be getting beat up.

There's been a tremendous amount of work that's been done that you can't see in Columbia.

And, all these things need to be coordinated; so we all need to work together, have timers going and everything so we're all coordinated and get this piece of orchestration done.

When you take action-think.When you fail-think.When you are in doubt-think.When you have lost your way-think.You are nothing but your thoughts.

And though it is true that the church must always dissociate itself from sin, it can never have any excuse for keeping any sinner at a distance

I miss you so much. I miss us. There’s not a day goes by that I don’t regret walking away from you.

Contempt is the weapon of the weak and a defense against one's own despised and unwanted feelings.

I've never done coke or anything, and I've never played a character who has, so I don't know whether I would actually try coke if I had to play a character who took coke.

I think Mixed Martial Arts is going to be a huge thing coming up in pro wrestling, and I like to think of myself as one of the first guys to try and implement that into my style.

Unjust laws exist: shall we be content to obey them?

There's a way of filming where you can get rid of the vanity and of trying to make something beautiful.

The whole point of life is learning to live with the consequences of the bad decision we've made.

I don't let negative criticism, for the most part, bother me.