The thing that sets Mars apart is that it is the one planet that is enough like Earth that you can imagine life possibly once having taken hold there.

I want to make as many people as possible feel like they are part of this adventure. We are going to give everybody a sense of what exploring the surface of another world is really like.

We didn't know if the rover could climb up or down the hills of the crater.

That's really what science is just trying to figure stuff out, and I like figuring stuff out.

The rocks, to a great extent, look swept clean. It's a much cleaner surface than what we had a right to hope for.

Mars is telling us something. I'm not sure what it is because It's speaking martian. But it's telling us something

These rovers are living on borrowed time. We're so past warranty on them. You try to push them hard every day because we're living day to day.

My style of leadership is to lead with the lightest touch that I possibly can.

There's no way to actually turn the rover off.

I can't ever remember not wanting to be a scientist.

Having been given that public trust, we have a responsibility to share with the public.

To reveal the beauty of life, let your tears wash away the shadows of darkness.

Hardly anyone understands the principles behind magic, "scoffed Betony. "It's too difficult.

The field of doom bears death as its harvest.

I would really rather feel bad in Maine than feel good anywhere else

It was like a big family, since so many of us brought our kids. We all went surfing. It was so relaxed and easy.

Among other causes of misfortune which your not being armed brings upon you, it makes you despised.

If you withdraw into yourself, you run the risk of becoming egocentric. And stagnant water becomes putrid.

I like to be honest, and after all these years I can't be bothered being politically correct.

Sports are my passion and I really enjoy connecting with others who share my love of the game

Having to act like an adult because I was directing a big movie but also feeling like a child because we had reindeer and big cameras and they had fake snow. I just wanted to go play in the snow.