It's a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one's safety factor was determined by the lowest bidder on a government contract.

Obviously I was challenged by becoming a Naval aviator, by landing aboard aircraft carriers and so on.

When I first looked back at the Earth, standing on the Moon I cried

The fact that every part of this ship was built by the low bidder.

Why don't you light that candle ?

You may not have any extra talent, but maybe you are just paying more attention to what you are doing.

I just wanted to be the first one to fly for America, not because I'd end up in the pages of history books.

I didn't mind studying. Obviously math and the physical science subjects interested me more than some of the more artistic subjects, but I think I was a pretty good student.

Got more dirt than ball. Here we go again.

We're going to see passengers in space stations in 15 years, who will be able to buy a ticket and spend a weekend in space.

I think the sense of family and family achievement, plus the discipline which I received there from that one-room school were really very helpful in what I did later on.

What if you wake up some day, and you’re 65… and you were just so strung out on perfectionism and people-pleasing that you forgot to have a big juicy creative life?

Sometimes it's better not to ask-or to listen-when tell you something can't be done. I didn't ask for permission or approval. I just went ahead and did it.

Abandon your resentments, they keep you small.

Matter is but the artificial division of energy.

He is the man who has been brought on to replace Pavel Nedved. The irreplaceable Pavel Nedved.

We go through the good, the bad and the ugly all together.

No character is ultimately tested until it has suffered.

Shouldn't "it works like a charm" be said about things that don't work?

You can allow yourself 72 hours of wallowing time. Then you've got to get into the gym, stop eating the ice cream and move on.

Is it a form of social play that underneath the words people say, there is a different conversation going on?