But even in elementary school and junior high, I was very interested in space and in the space program.

If we want scientists and engineers in the future, we should be cultivating the girls as much as the boys.

Three Secrets to Success: Be willing to learn new things. Be able to assimilate new information quickly. Be able to get along with and work with other people.

All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary.

It takes a couple of years just to get the background and knowledge that you need before you can go into detailed training for your mission.

Then during the mission itself, I used the space shuttle's robot arm to release a satellite into orbit.

There are lots of opportunities out there for women to work in these fields, ... Girls just need support, encouragement and mentoring to follow through with the sciences.

Our future lies with today's kids and tomorrow's space exploration.

The stars don't look bigger, but they do look brighter.

When you're getting ready to launch into space, you're sitting on a big explosion waiting to happen.

We need to make science cool again.

Just because the boat rocks doesn't mean it's time to jump overboard.

Medicine is as close to love as it is to science, and its relationships matter even at the edge of life itself.

I like a puzzle, as you know. So does every scholar worth his salt. It's the reward of the business, to look history in the eye and say, 'I know who you are. You can't fool me'.

Every step of progress the world has made has been from scaffold to scaffold and from stake to stake.

I've been sacrificing my life for my work for 30 years, and now I want it the other way around. I want to find work that fits into my life and that would be based here.

All will be lost apart from happiness.

Truth is never to be expected from authors whose understanding is warped with enthusiasm.

I think any time you've got a story based on a true story, no matter how accurate it is, obviously it's still fictitious.

Sometimes I pray when I really feel like I need God to help me with something, and sometimes we just have conversations. We just kick it.

How is it the great pieces of good luck fall to us?