I have been a bit of a risk-taker all my life.

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.

It is better for you to love than hate.

Abnormal radiation exposure and oxygen starvation teaches you that reality is just a perception that is derived from your immediate environmental conditions.

There's only so far we can step backward in one day

Have you ever noticed how the most intriguing individual in the room seems content to listen sooner than speak?

Give a civil servant a good case and he'll wreck it with clichés, bad punctuation, double negatives, and convoluted apology.

I'm very honest about the things I struggle with and I need to work on to survive as a solo artist.

Ah! What would the world be to us If the children were no more? We should dread the desert behind us Worse than the dark before.

In his life, [Dalton] Trumbo uses wit and comedy to fight these very high-stakes battles.

Tears hinder sorrow from becoming despair.

I bought an energy bar, and as I ate it a great weariness came over me.