Everyone that I've talked to who's been to space has thoroughly enjoyed the experience, and what you often hear them say is: It was great, but we just had to come home.

Life science research can be done on multiple platforms. Since we have a very small number of people flying into space, the more people you have, the better.

Life continues in lots of places, and life is a magical thing.

If you're trying to get someone who's sick with a fever off of a submarine and it's cold and raining outside, the only way in and out of a submarine, generally, is through a fairly narrow hatch.

There was a moth in there, and it still had its wings crumpled up, and it was just starting to pump its wings up. Life continues in lots of places, and life is a magical thing.

Whenever I do get to look out, it is glorious. Even the stars have a special brightness.

Gravity is one variable in a lot of scientific processes. If you can remove gravity or minimize its effect, then you can understand the other processes that are going on.

As a physician, I understand how important it is to collect data on people so we can understand what's happening with them. I will be in the position to help enable that knowledge.

The microgravity or the very, very low amount of gravity that we have up in space forces some changes in different processes. It forces changes in us as human beings.

Science, for hundreds of years, has spanned the differences between cultures and between countries.

Hello from above our magnificent planet Earth.

Being fearless is not in the absence of fear

There's one blessing only the source and cornerstone of beatitude: confidence in self.

Never do they hurt your feelings or make you feel like you are not good enough, but rather they build you up and show you the things about yourself that make you special and even beautiful.

Somehow, I went from being too young, to being too old. Somewhere in there I must have been just right.

I said I'd be honest, I never said I'd be consistant.

Playing Shakespeare is really tiring. You never get to sit down, unless you're the king.

Yes, I'm a musician. I also like to play with others, sometimes more, sometimes less.

In college, my teachers were usually after me for going after comedy too much, leaning too much in that direction.

As important as the funds are, the vision is the greatest gift.

Because an appeal makes logical sense is no guarantee that it will work.