My odyssey to become an astronaut kind of started in grad school, and I was working, up at MIT, in space robotics-related work; human and robot working together.

I think most astronauts are not risk takers. We take calculated risks for something that we think is worthwhile.

I applied to be an astronaut four times. I was rejected three times before I was accepted. So, it's about that, not - following your dream and not giving up.

The hardest thing for me as an astronaut was to improve my swimming skills.

Reading a novel, War and Peace for example, is no Catnap. Because a novel is so long, reading one is like being married forever to somebody nobody knows or cares about.

The best thing to do is to behave in a manner befitting one's age. If you are sixteen and under try not to go bald.

The Sabbath is a weekly cathedral raised up in my dining room, in my family, in my heart.

The toughest place to play in the SEC is LSU, Death Valley. The fans there are relentless. They don't stop at all. They keep going.

God wants us to be a good example to others who are observing us.

a work that intends to be art must first be entertaining.

According to the letter of the Gita, it is possible to say that warfare is consistent with renunciation of fruit.

What a pretty thing man is when he goes in his doublet and hose and leaves off his wit!

My slogan when I ran was that there is no such thing as government money, there is only taxpayer's money, and that cut pretty deep.