I had both male and female heroes.

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.

After they had skated around the pond several times, my father asked my mother to marry him. I expect he did it awkwardly, but awkwardness in men was a sign of sincerity then.

My life is my argument.

It was hidden inside another book. One Valentine was unlikely to ever open." Magnus smiled crookedly. "Simple Recipes for Housewives. No one can say your mother didn't have a sense of humor.

Neil Young played Helpless, and by the time he finished, we were asking him if we could join his band

It's a wonderful thing to write. You can reclaim the things you lost.

Behind every successful person, stands a very successful mother-in-law.

You have to assume everything is going to end up online, even if you're alone in a hotel elevator.

Love is a grave mental illness.

Soul of all souls, life of all life - you are That. Seen and unseen, moving and unmoving - you are That.

You will triumph, O Iraqis, and with you the sons of your Arab nation