But when I wasn't working, I was usually at a window looking down at Earth.

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.

May your soul revive, rekindle and rejoice.

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

The Confederate Constitution was almost identical to that of the United States.

Let every man be his own methodologist, let every man be his own theorist

In the material world, where everything is valued, when you commit yourself to God, beauty and love, it can be mistaken for extravagance.

The celebration of death is not a good thing. Fetishizing death isn't a good thing. You should be celebrating life and enjoying it and all that.

Facts are plain spoken; hopes and figures are its aversion.

You need to be locally relevant, globally consistent.

The chief drawback with men is that they are too talkative.

Decidedly it will never have been given to me to finish anything, except perhaps breathing. One must not be greedy.