I worked for some very good people who have helped me along the way and actually enabled me to have the opportunity to be selected to join the Astronaut Corps.

You know, Scooter's going to do the first separation burn; I'm going to do the second separation burn.

Well, for me it really wasn't a case of deciding to be an astronaut.

And, so I set my goals on astronaut because, as a military aviator, it was, I considered that to be about the peak of a flying career.

And, obviously as a, as one who likes to travel around myself a lot, I think the Earth is a beautiful place. And, I'm looking forward to some new perspectives.

That's what Hubble can do for us. It can tell us whether the universe is expanding forever or if one day it's going to come back together.

So, I decided that whatever I was, wanted to do with my life, it would have to do, it would have to have something to do with the exploration and doing new things.

I'm looking forward to coming back, back to Earth, the landing, the views.

Those folks out in the space suits are going to be getting beat up.

There's been a tremendous amount of work that's been done that you can't see in Columbia.

And, all these things need to be coordinated; so we all need to work together, have timers going and everything so we're all coordinated and get this piece of orchestration done.

The birth of a child is the bliss of joyous celebration of new human being.

I can be somebody's and still be my own.

His impatience for sleep often frightened that very sleep away.

Some men may be snared by beauty alone, but none can be held except by virtue and compliance.

To manifest your SoulMate you have to either invite others into your world or go out into their world. Either way, you have to open the door.

Greatness of spirit is accompanied by simplicity and sincerity.

Is it easy to avoid paparazzi? It is, it really is.

I do think all art is autobiographical, and I do think I know quite a bit about women. I don't know anything about men.

I'm half living my life between reality and fantasy at all times.

Liberation is a praxis: the action and reflection of men and women upon their world in order to transform it.