My sympathies have always been for working-class people.

I have a vision of the world as a global village, a world without boundaries.

If I can get some student interested in science, if I can show members of the general public what's going on up there in the space program, then my job's been done.

Imagine a history teacher making history.

What are we doing here? We're reaching for the stars!

May your future be limited only by your dreams!

Space is for everybody. It's not just for a few people in science or math, or for a select group of astronauts. That's our new frontier out there, and it's everybody's business to know about space.

Reach for it. Push yourself as far as you can.

I will go around the space shuttle and give a guided tour of the major areas and describe what is done in each area. This will be called The Ultimate Field Trip.

It's not the Olympics. It's Concord, New Hampshire, and a homecoming should reflect the community I'm part of.

The president felt that it was important to send an ordinary citizen to experience the excitement of space travel as a representative for all Americans.

To say that my grief will be eternal would be ridiculous - nothing is eternal.

I have nothing against respecting people who lived before, but we have no responsibility toward them.

We in the press, by our power, can actually undermine leadership.

When there's a terrible illness like AIDS sweeping through, you help people.

The African-American community, the community within the inner cities has been so badly treated.

We are long-term players in the industry. We're not just crazy and emotional. We try to be logical business managers.

Rational thought is interpretation according to a scheme which we cannot escape.

Onstage, of course, you have the luxury of rehearsal and discovery and time and comfort, which then turns into terror when you actually have to put it in front of people.

The most important measures are both unknown and unknowable.