The rockets light! The shuttle leaps off the launch pad in a cloud of steam and a trail of fire.

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.

Opera lovers may be the narrowest people in the world.

I admire some people for their brilliance and I respect others for their strength. But I am indebted to those who can rekindle my spirit.

I will tell you this my darlings, the very worst regrets are the things you couldn't have handled any other way.

I would lie, because no one would know me anyway. My grandmother convinced me to be proud of what I do.

Do you know anything on earth which has not a dangerous side if it is mishandled and exaggerated?

Python carries his loneliness in him as if he had eaten clay.

Well, let's put in this way, I grew up in West New York, New Jersey.

The idea of public reason has to do with how questions should be decided, but it doesn't tell you what are the good reasons or correct decisions.

They thought that the bullets would silence us, but they failed.

Grace! 'tis a charming Sound, Harmonious to my Ear! Heav'n with the Echo shall resound, And all the Earth shall hear.