My first dream as a child was to become a pilot. My second dream was to become an astronomer, and I pursued in parallel efforts and studies in these two areas.

The future infrared space telescope will cover that area in a much more efficient manner.

The Next Generation Space Telescope, which will be located much further away from the Earth than the Hubble Space Telescope presently is, will also explore the infrared part of the spectrum.

Hubble is very close to my heart, and going back to Hubble, because I was there once already in 1993, is really a great privilege for me.

Then, much later, my next dream was to become an astronaut, and I was fortunate to realize that dream, also.

As far as the radio waves part of the spectrum, we can do these adequately from the ground because the atmosphere is basically transparent to our radio waves.

My name was on the list very early after these announcements were made through the newspapers in Europe.

I would say the most help I got was from my dad. My dad is a civil engineer in Switzerland; he's 90 years old now, so he's no longer active as a civil engineer, but still a very active person.

Why did you look at the sunset?'Philip answered with his mouth full:Because I was happy.

Thus, though we cannot make our sun Stand still, yet we will make him run.

Ever day is a chance given to better your yesterday and brighten your tomorrow

It is vital that when educating our children's brains that we do not neglect to educate their hearts.

Pain doesn't listen to reason, it has it's own reason, which is not reasonable

Exhibitionism is like a drug. Hooked in adolescence I was now taking doses so massive they would have killed a novice.

We have one of our greatest human experiences when we get an active idea working in our minds.

Getting used to the studio and everything was fun, we freaked about alot. I was working very hard then.

[P]resent misfortune presupposes good luck in the future.