I don't think of myself as being a woman and having anything to prove.

We want to explore. We're curious people. Look back over history, people have put their lives at stake to go out and explore ... We believe in what we're doing. Now it's time to go.

I'm honored to be the first woman to have the opportunity to command the shuttle. I don't really think about that on a day-to-day basis because I really don't need to.

The atmosphere almost looks like an eggshell on an egg, it's so thin. We know that we don't have much air - we need to protect what we have.

The vast majority of the shuttle program was a success. We learned so much about how a reusable spacecraft interacts with its environment, how it ages-and what to design next time.

My daughter just thinks that all moms fly the Space Shuttle

I have no nerves, no emotion, no pressure.

I wanted to apply to the astronaut program after the Challenger accident

The word of God is a light that penetrates the human spirit.

...I would want to spend it with you. Even if we had thousands of nights, I would want to spend every single one of them with you.

Language is a tool for communicating and not a barrier to writing

The seed of the idea is developed by both labor and the unconscious, and the struggle that goes on between them.

Life is the one thing you cannot get out of alive.

I love reggae music; reggae music's like my go-to.

I'm so thankful. I've been blessed. I never took it for granted.

It seems like a lot of music today is so churned out and simple.

Destruction CAN be beautiful!

Humans punish themselves endlessly for not being what they believe they should be. They become very self-abusive, and they use other people to abuse themselves as well.