So I decided on science when I was in college.

If we want scientists and engineers in the future, we should be cultivating the girls as much as the boys.

Three Secrets to Success: Be willing to learn new things. Be able to assimilate new information quickly. Be able to get along with and work with other people.

All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary.

It takes a couple of years just to get the background and knowledge that you need before you can go into detailed training for your mission.

Then during the mission itself, I used the space shuttle's robot arm to release a satellite into orbit.

There are lots of opportunities out there for women to work in these fields, ... Girls just need support, encouragement and mentoring to follow through with the sciences.

Our future lies with today's kids and tomorrow's space exploration.

The stars don't look bigger, but they do look brighter.

When you're getting ready to launch into space, you're sitting on a big explosion waiting to happen.

We need to make science cool again.

Acts of Kindness:A random act of kindness, no matter how small, can make a tremendous impact on someone else's life.

From the mind which thinks to die, let my soul sleep tonight.

Is that the secret meaning of the word story, do you think: a storing place of memories?

It was always the secrets that hurt us, wasn't it? Not the telling of them.

In everything I do, my children come first, and my husband. I just think it's so important to maintain family stability.

Drugs will turn you into your parents.

I have a recording that I did of instrumental songs.

Cooking hasn't yet been accepted as the art form it is. It should be on the level with any of the other art forms.

Here is a language so far ahead of its time, that it was not only an improvement on its predecessors, but also on nearly all its successors.

I'll take my five positions per second any day, thank you