That was a real fireball.

As I hurtled through space, one thought kept crossing my mind - every part of this rocket was supplied by the lowest bidder.

The most important thing we can do is inspire young minds and to advance the kind of science, math and technology education that will help youngsters take us to the next phase of space travel.

To sit back and let fate play its hand out and never influence it is not the way man was meant to operate.

We have an infinite amount to learn both from nature and from each other.

I don't know what you could say about a day in which you have seen four beautiful sunsets.

There are times when you devote yourself to a higher cause than personal safety.

I suppose the one quality in an astronaut more powerful than any other is curiosity. They have to get some place nobody's ever been.

Too many people, when they get old, think that they have to live by the calendar.

Zero G and I feel fine.

I am a stranger. I come in peace. Take me to your leader and there will be a massive reward for you in eternity.

Tenacity is essential for accomplishment in anything you do. Without drive, determination and a strong-willed attitude, one's level of success at many endeavors will be limited in scope.

I cannot imagine a truly beautiful world without courtesy being integral to its culture.

I mean this: every time I come home, I feel like I'm coming back to the world, and when I leave Macomb it's like leaving the world.

When employees lack passion, it is nearly impossible to deliver excellent customer service. Doesn’t it make you less inclined to want to do business with them as well?

Richness and fat does need, In logic clever fine deeds, But paunches never do breed, Fine thoughts or sublime seeds.[45] - 2

Intuition is seeing with the soul.

There is something in the pang of change More than the heart can bear, Unhappiness remembering happiness.

Let us both small and great push forward in this work, in this pursuit, if to our country, if to ourselves we would live dear.

I think every American actor wants to be a movie star. But I never wanted to do stupid movies, I wanted to do films.

It would appear that the state of Mississippi has decided to maintain white supremacy by murdering children.