As commander I was responsible for the overall success of the mission, and so I had to know at least a little bit about everything.

One day, people will be able to buy tickets to visit space.

I'm Chinese-American, of course, and so it's very interesting to see China actually launch their own astronauts, becoming the third nation, following the United States and Russia, to do so.

I think it's good to have competition. Now we have a third country that can launch astronauts, so it's good for all of us. It makes us a little bit more competitive and wanting to be the leader.

I hope that China will continue with space exploration. It would be logical to have international co-operation. I hope that it will come about and that I can be involved in it.

I loved flying as much as I thought I would and continue to fly aircraft.

Space is very unforgiving business

Tinkering is something we need to know how to do in order to keep something like the space station running. I am a tinkerer by nature.

My running ambition is to keep doing it until I'm way past the point where I have any business running. Just to keep doing it throughout my whole life—to stay fit and feel good.

Of course, you'll have to meet the physical and psychological demands. A space walk takes a lot of energy.

Even a grain of sand united with an oyster can make a pearl.

Common sense got drunk and giddy when Olivia was on the premises. Maybe he should just raise a glass, too, and dub reason a lost cause.

I do love the films I've done in the past. I work hard in my movies and my friends work hard and we're trying to make people laugh and I'm very proud of that.

When an actor has money he doesn't send letters, he sends telegrams.

The establishment is made up of little men, very frightened.

Writing was something I always did but that turned into singing and rapping. That something that came out of my writing.

All that the world most needs today, is combined in the most seductive manner in his art, — the three great stimulants of exhausted people: brutality, artificiality and innocence (idiocy).

Just being in a room with myself is almost more stimulation than I can bear.

The reality shows are getting worse and worse. They’re out of control and have been for some time.

When one would make a surprise attack on the enemy, he should avoid the major roads and seek out the lesser ones. Then attack.