I went to military college in Canada and graduated as an officer in the Navy but also as an engineer.

I like the opportunity to travel the world and work in close company with other people.

We have played a critical role in meeting the new safety standards. The Canadian space industry contributed new tools that make the inspection of the space shuttle possible.

The space industry is developing and delivering benefits that tie into our immediate needs and priorities here on Earth-for example, medical and materials research, and satellite communications.

In 1983, NASA invited Canada to fly three payload specialists, in part because we had contributed the robotic arm that is used on the shuttle.

I wanted to further my education, so I went on to get a Ph.D. in electrical engineering and came back and served about ten years in the Canadian Navy as what we call a combat systems engineer.

Canada has made a strong commitment as a partner in the International Space Station and, like the other partners, wishes to see the assembly of this unique orbiting laboratory continue.

Canada and space are a natural fit.

New standards for safety are now in place and Canada has helped provide tools and techniques that were needed. Technologies like these are innovative and represent great achievements for us.

It is a challenge to have your launch date slip continuously.

I think there's going to be a very sudden shift in people's perception of the International Space Station, because suddenly it's going to look much, much bigger than it already is.

A precondition for reading good books is not reading bad ones: for life is short.

It constantly happens that the Lord permits a soul to fall so that it may grow humbler.

I had a moment of clarity, saw the feeling in the heart of things, walked out to the garden crying.

Some people's photography is an art. Mine is not. If they happen to be exhibited in a gallery or a museum, that's fine. But that's not why I do them. I'm a gun for hire.

Wild animals are just as confused as people are now. You've got toxins in the water, oil, sewage, all sorts of things.

Barak Obama initially opposed [war in Libia].

The senses are of the earth, the reason stands apart from them in contemplation.

There are ways to cut cravings by naturally balancing your blood sugar.

The world is a big place and our brain is only three pounds.

This watchfulness, this witnessing is the ultimate secret of creating a religious life, of creating a life of transcendence, a life of spirituality, of enlightenment, of buddhahood.