Sometimes when things get kind of frantic, it helps to call my husband Steve, because I think he's got a real good sense of where everything's gonna be in a few years.

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.

I realised that one might love him secretly with no hope of encouragement, which can be very enjoyable for the young or inexperienced.

In 1980, shortly before my 11th birthday, I wrote my first essay in English.

Paint goes a long way in making old look like new.

Not many sounds in life, and I include all urban and all rural sounds, exceed in interest a knock at the door.

Don't try to fine-tune somebody else's view.

The man whose only pleasure in life is making money, weighs less on the moral scale than an angleworm.

Some say that love is the sweetest feeling, the purest form of joy, but that isn't right. It's not love--it's relief.

A friend tells you what you want to hear;a best friend tells you the truth.

The music business is really, really small. The real music is becoming almost extinct, if you don't stay true to who you are.

What is of most moment of compassion is not feelings of pity but feelings of togetherness.