I took a Russian class at Notre Dame. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would fly someday in a Russian spacecraft with two cosmonauts, speaking only Russian.

Well, the coolest thing I have seen so far, in terms of, like, me being an astronaut and seeing something unusual, was the rendezvous, the docking of a Progress spaceship.

I think if I had to choose, I would rather have gravity instead of zero gravity. It's fun for a while, but I'd rather live on Earth.

It's much easier for me to sleep in space than it is back home. We sleep in a cabin, and you can float inside.

When the guys come back in from the spacewalk, there really is a distinct smell of space; it's something I will never forget.

Channelling is your higher self streaming through in a version your limited mind can accept. There is no such thing as a separate entity, only the perception of it. You are all of it!

We are all beings of our own creation.

The house was silent, but somewhere in the garden was a swimming pool filled with unsettled water.

Reach for the stars.

I am not really doing research, just trying to cultivate myself.

I grew up a nerd and now I'm a geek? I don't know.

The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation.

Quitting is leading too.

We know more about Tom [Cruise] and Katie [Holmes] than we do about global warming. We're the most entertained, least informed people in the world.

My language! heavens!I am the best of them that speak this speech. Were I but where 'tis spoken.